Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) is one of the options available to some people to help with excess body weight.

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Patients suffering from obesity wore hospital gowns and lay on the operating table, but instead of anesthesia, they underwent ...

Although the fitness benefits of bariatric surgery wane over time, they remain evident more than a decade after the procedure ...

Karalene Aday tried everything to lose weight, from gastric bypass to trendy diets, but it took a special combination to help ...

Bariatric weight-loss surgery can help patients lose five times more weight than popular medications like Ozempic, expanding ...

Sally G, a 38-year-old white woman from Atlanta, has type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). She stands 64 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. Her body mass index (BMI) is 38.2 kg/m 2 and her glycated ...

GLP-1 initiation was common among patients who underwent bariatric surgery, especially sleeve gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

The requirements for weight loss surgery generally revolve around body mass index (BMI) and other underlying health conditions that may be present. Your care team may also need to consider other ...

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“It has been a hard road, but it has been the best thing I ever did for myself.” This is how DeAnn Barfuss describes the emotional weight loss journey she embarked upon two years ago after deciding to ...

More than 37 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, a chronic disorder affecting the body's ability to regulate and use ...