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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...