Dr Reddy noted that GLP-1 medications can be effective, particularly in the short to medium term. “On GLP-1 drugs, patients ...

Share on Pinterest Bariatric surgery may be better for preserving kidney function in people with diabetes and obesity than GLP-1 drugs. Image credit: Ruben Earth/Getty Images. In a new study, people ...

New guidelines say weight-loss surgery should become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are mildly obese. Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are a deadly pair, and ...

Metabolic and bariatric surgery delivers significantly greater weight loss and higher rates of obesity-related disease ...

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

Bariatric surgery rates rose gradually while GLP-1 receptor agonist prescriptions grew exponentially from 2018 to 2025.

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For all the talk of Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and other weight loss drugs being damn near miraculous, they come at a significant ...

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 ...

In a large cohort of insured working adults with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), among those who underwent bariatric surgery, the rate of incident cancer was lower during ...

WEIGHT loss jabs have been hailed as ‘miracles’ in the battle against obesity, but are they better than gastric band ...