obesity
Surgery, GLP-1 Combo Can Optimize Outcomes, Expert Says
Weight-loss medications such as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are occasionally maligned by surgeons, ...
JULY 12, 2025
Surgery Bests Lifestyle Changes, GLP-1s for Durable Weight Loss
Bariatric surgery far outperforms lifestyle interventions and glucagon-like peptide-1 medications at maintaining ...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Endoscopy in Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
The use of GLP-1s has exploded over the past year, but this growth has raised concerns about potential adverse ...
AUGUST 5, 2024
New Study Links GLP-1 Agonists to Serious GI AEs
The popular drugs are associated with serious GI adverse effects such as pancreatitis, gastroparesis and bowel ...
JANUARY 3, 2024
Diagnosing and Understanding Malnutrition Challenges in Patients With Obesity
Patients who are experiencing malnutrition are not always underweight.
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Providing Safe Regional Anesthesia in Physiologic Extremes: Part 2
As measured strictly by guidelines established by the CDC, about half of the patients you see in your ...
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Link Between Severe Obesity and Hypercoagulability Evident, but Less Pronounced Than Originally Believed
New research has found that although patients with severe obesity have a tendency for more hypercoagulability and ...
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Marked Variation in Use of Supraglottic Airways in Obese Patients Found in International Survey
A survey of more than 6,000 clinicians in 87 countries has found wide variation in how anesthesiologists employ ...
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Outcomes of Same-Day Surgery Not Worse in Obese Patients
An observational study surprisingly found that 30-day readmission rates and post-op complications are no ...
APRIL 26, 2021
Obesity Linked to Higher Levels of Chronic Pain, Opioid Scripts
Two new studies published this spring have powerfully linked obesity and prescription opioid use.
AUGUST 29, 2020
Remission of Diabetes Post-Bariatric Surgery May Not Last
New York—Remission of diabetes after bariatric surgery may only be a short-term outcome.
MAY 26, 2020
Using Actual Body Weight With Sugammadex Speeds Reversal in Morbidly Obese Patients
Morbidly obese patients experience significantly faster recovery when sugammadex dosing uses actual body weight ...
MAY 14, 2020
