Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that alters the digestive system to help individuals with obesity lose weight by limiting food intake, nutrient absorption, or both. Globally, obesity has ...

University of Maryland Medical System surgeons break down how weight loss surgery works, who qualifies and what patients can ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher measured GFR before bariatric surgery was linked to greater GFR reductions after surgery. Combined ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. While the use of weight-loss drugs is on the rise, they join a suite of already-common interventions known as bariatric ...

Almost 60% of patients with obesity and preexisting anemia recovered from anemia within 6 months after bariatric surgery. Female sex, older age, and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as the surgery type were ...

In a retrospective study, semaglutide use leading up to bariatric surgery was not linked with greater weight loss a year after surgery. Rates of diabetes remission and complications were also ...

Taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist prior to bariatric surgery may not boost long-term weight loss and metabolic benefits, a retrospective case-control study suggested. Patients who received preoperative ...