Integrating the most effective obesity treatments into cancer survivorship offers "an unprecedented opportunity" to improve long-term outcomes in cancer, including survival, a trio of obesity and ...

Obesity is associated with longer operative times and higher odds of complications than normal body mass index (BMI) in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Although surgeons encounter challenges ...

Drawing on electronic health records from nearly 20 million patients with severe obesity, researchers from University of ...

MALAGA, Spain—Among patients with obesity or diabetes, the long-term incidence of cancer related to excess body weight doesn’t differ between those treated with an early-generation glucagon-like ...

Bariatric surgery is more cost-effective than GLP-1 RAs for obesity treatment, with lower long-term costs and greater weight loss outcomes. The study found that bariatric surgery led to fewer ...

“We may not be as sexy anymore, but we’re cheaper.” The phrase, coined by Ricardo Cohen, president of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), was ...

Metabolic and bariatric surgery, also known as weight-loss surgery, dramatically improves outcomes for patients with obesity ...