Sally G, a 38-year-old white woman from Atlanta, has type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). She stands 64 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. Her body mass index (BMI) is 38.2 kg/m 2 and her glycated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gastric bypass surgery was linked to an increased risk for nonalcohol substance use disorder compared with no ...

In normal digestion, food passes through the entire stomach and then enters the small intestine, where most of the nutrients and calories are absorbed. It then passes into the large intestine (colon), ...

Researchers have discovered a link between gastric bypass surgery and an increased risk of non-alcohol substance use disorder, according to a new study in Obesity. "The current study shows that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who underwent gastric bypass had more excess BMI loss 10 years after surgery than those who had a sleeve ...

Patients treated with a form of bariatric surgery did significantly better than patients provided with an intensive diabetes and weight management program. People with worrisome levels of obesity and ...

A popular weight loss surgery that resolves diabetes 80 percent of the time has doctors wondering – should the operation be considered as a treatment for diabetes, regardless of a person's weight? So ...

Jimmy Sanchez is one of about 270 thousand patients that have Bariatric surgery each year in the U.S. Sanchez’s surgeon, ...

Background A 14-year-old boy presented with daytime somnolence, intermittent emesis and hypothyroidism. Neuroimaging revealed a calcified suprasellar intracranial mass, suspected to be a ...

July 19, 2006 — -- After a five-year boom in gastric bypass surgery, many people who lost hundreds of pounds find they've now gained something else -- an alcohol or drug problem. Have they traded ...

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Weight-loss surgery is often the last option for people who've tried everything else. A procedure with dramatic results is offering promise to many, and doctors say it's safer ...