There are many reasons you may start a weight loss plan. According to the CDC ... for example, or bariatric surgery. But it’s far from the whole picture. In 2023, the American Medical ...

Bariatric surgery offers hope for people struggling with severe obesity as it helps in weight loss and improves health ...

Such patients will also needed to have tried to lose weight through diet exercise and medication before being eligible.

Experts warn of overlooked factors in the choice between GLP-1 medications and bariatric surgeries, as GLP-1s surge in popularity and surgery volumes fall.

Newer weight loss drugs are cost effective in the long term only when combined with bariatric weight loss surgery, according ...

Most patients may continue to safely take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists as prescribed before undergoing elective surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopies, according to new clinical ...

A study suggests that bariatric surgery may be more cost-effective in the long run compared to weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy for treating obesity.

A new study has examined a large sample of privately insured patients with obesity and found that use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) as anti-obesity medications more than ...

It found that between 2022 and 2023, as prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs more than doubled, rates of bariatric surgery fell by 25.6%. The findings, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open ...

Most patients may continue to safely take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists as prescribed before undergoing ...