GLP-1 medications are reshaping the weight management landscape — and beginning to take a bite out of bariatric surgery volumes in hospitals. Between 2022 and 2023, bariatric surgery rates fell 25.6% ...
Since she lost her job this summer as a bariatric surgeon, Lana Nelson, DO, has a phone message that tells callers, "I'm probably out on the trails" hiking near Grand Junction, Colorado. For 19 years ...
Across all income levels, bariatric surgery resulted in better diabetes control than GLP-1s or similar medications, a study found.
HealthGrades has released new ratings of hospital-based bariatric programs, covering 468 hospitals in 19 states where data is publicly available, according to a release by HealthGrades. The ratings ...
Bariatric surgery is an operation that changes the way the body absorbs food. Individuals who undergo bariatric surgery typically lose a large amount of weight (between 40 – 75% of excess body weight ...
The Bariatric Surgery Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is awarded national accreditation from the American College of Surgeons. In under two years, the Bariatric Surgery Program at CHLA has ...
Lorain Hospital Metabolic and Bariatric program has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center by the Metabolic and Bariatric ...
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A teacher in Clark County, Nevada, got bariatric surgery and is now encouraging others to do the same through the school district’s health insurance plan, which offers the ...