Obesity
Conference Coverage
Medications provide best risk-to-benefit ratio for weight loss, says expert
Surgery provides the most weight loss, but has the greatest risk, according to an endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism professor.
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Lose weight, gain huge debt: N.Y. provider has sued more than 300 patients who had bariatric surgery
Contracts with onerous repayment terms represent an “evolving area of law” and an alarming “new twist” on concerns over medical debt.
Conference Coverage
Bariatric surgery cuts risk for obesity-related cancers in half: Study
For years evidence has pointed to multiple health benefits associated with bariatric surgery, including improvements in diabetes, sleep apnea, and...
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Obesity drugs overpriced, change needed to tackle issue
Millions of lives have been saved by treating infectious diseases at low cost in poor countries, and we need to repeat this success story with...
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Tirzepatide scores win in second obesity trial, SURMOUNT-2
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) met its primary endpoints, compared with placebo, in the SURMOUNT-2 trial, designed to test weight-loss efficacy, in top-...
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BMI is a flawed measure of obesity. What are alternatives?
“BMI is trash. Full stop.”
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Optimal time period for weight loss drugs: Debate continues
“Without the medicine, there are a variety of things that will happen. Appetite will tend to increase, and so [patients] will gradually tend to...
From the Journals
Use age, not weight, to screen for diabetes; assess over 35s
‘If we make decisions about diabetes testing based on weight, we will miss some people from racial and ethnic minority groups who are developing...
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Study offers dozens of reasons to cut sugar
The result is a list that cites the world’s most common health problems like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack,...
Commentary
New antiobesity drugs will benefit many. Is that bad?
Patients are regularly seen discontinuing or reducing the dosage of multiple medications as a result of improvements to multiple weight-responsive...
Commentary
What happens when newer weight loss meds are stopped?
Although these drugs are very effective for weight loss and treating diabetes, there can be adverse effects.