Orlando, Fla. — Fracture risk in people treated for obesity appears significantly lower with semaglutide (Wegovy) vs sleeve gastrectomy, new data suggest. Previous animal studies have suggested a dose ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obesity who took semaglutide had lower risk for fractures vs. those who had sleeve gastrectomy.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A polygenic risk score of 12 genomic loci was associated with risk for gastric cancer (HR = 2.54). The odds of ...

Bariatric (weight-loss) surgery includes procedures like gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and biliopancreatic diversion to help individuals with severe obesity (typically BMI, or with co-morbidities) ...

Share on Pinterest New research suggests that regularly adding table salt to food could increase the risk for gastric cancer. Cara Dolan/Stocksy Gastric cancer can be serious and is related to several ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Sleeve Gastrectomy Also called vertical gastric sleeve (VSG) surgery, this is another form of restrictive weight loss surgery. In the operation, your surgeon removes about 80% of your stomach, ...