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More Evidence Metabolic Surgery Superior to Drug Treatment in Patients With Obesity

Metabolic or bariatric surgery was significantly more effective than medical management in treating type 2 diabetes in patients with milder...
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New Study Finds Most Bariatric Surgeries Performed in Northeast, and Fewest in...

West Virginia and Mississippi may have the two highest obesity rates in the nation but rank 25th and 45th in...
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Weight-loss Surgery Reduces Risk of Coronary Heart Disease By 40 Percent

Patients with severe obesity who get weight-loss surgery cut their risk of developing coronary heart disease by about 40 percent,...
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Metabolic Surgery Significantly Better Than Drug Therapy

People with diabetes and severe obesity who had metabolic surgery were much less likely to die from diabetes or any...
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Mortality From Heart Failure Cut in Half in Weight-loss Surgery Patients

New Cleveland Clinic Study Shows Bariatric Surgery May Have Protective Effect After Heart Failure Patients who have previously undergone weight-loss...
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Groups Take Aim at...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and groups including The Obesity Society (TOS) and Academy for Nutrition...
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35 Medical Societies Gather for Second Annual National Obesity Summit

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Representatives from 35 major health and medical organizations including the American Diabetes Association...
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News Alert: FDA Approval of ORBERA™ Intragastric Balloon Offers New Weight Loss...

FDA Approval of ORBERA™ Intragastric Balloon Offers New Weight Loss Option for Patients with Obesity
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News Alert: ASMBS Views New Balloon Device for Obesity as Bridge Between...

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY VIEWS NEW BALLOON DEVICE FOR OBESITY AS BRIDGE BETWEEN MEDICATIONS AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
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July/August 2015 ASMBS Presidential Message

July/August 2015 ASMBS Presidential Message - John M. Morton, MD