A new study published in the Annals of Surgery identified the optimal timing and surgical approaches for the first tangential ...

A study by Mass General Brigham investigators shows persistent racial disparities and growing sex disparities between patients who discussed and received weight loss surgery between 2000 and 2020.

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others.

For patients with diabetes undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG), overall expenditures ...

A new study led by UCLA Health highlights the link between socioeconomic disadvantage, Medicaid insurance, and poorer survival rates after heart transplantation. Researchers found ...

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

Patients taking the anti-obesity drugs had about 12% lower risk of hospital re-admission within a month of surgery, compared to those not taking these medications.

Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy reduced health care expenditures after surgery for adults with type 2 ...

For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescription is associated with reductions in risk-adjusted ...