All Articles on Weight Loss
Is bariatric surgery helpful in chronic kidney disease?In a study in Annals of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente researchers and colleagues share new findings that bariatric surgery is linked to lower death risk in persons with chronic kidney disease and obesity.
Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer heart attacks and deathsDeath and heart complications were 40 percent less common in people with obesity and diabetes when they had bariatric surgery
Phentermine for weight loss seems safe, effective longer termDr. David Arterburn explains reassuring findings about the nation's most widely used anti-obesity drug.
Gastric bypass surgery is best for weight loss for severe obesityLargest long-term national study of bariatric surgery, comparing 3 most common operations, is among first PCORnet® results
Fewer heart attacks, strokes, and deaths after weight-loss surgeryObese people with diabetes had fewer deaths in 5 years after bariatric surgery vs. usual care, in large, long-term study
Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer diabetes complicationsLarge, long-term study finds half as much nerve, kidney, and eye disease after bariatric surgery than with usual care.
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