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The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) today announced its support of recent policy changes by Aetna Inc. and United Healthcare. The national health insurance giants will now cover laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a newer method of bariatric surgery that is becoming increasingly popular as a treatment for morbid obesity.
- Surgery's Positive Affect on Female Sexual Dysfunction, High Cholesterol -- Clinical Consequences of Insurance Requirements and Denials on Patients with Morbid Obesity -- Patient Outcomes and Complication Rates Affected by Family, Race and Gender -
Significantly More Weight Loss and Higher Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension For Family Members Who Have Gastric Bypass Together
Patients Wait Nearly Four Months Longer for Surgery, But Get No Additional Benefit
Researchers from Miriam Hospital and Brown University Medical School Find New Benefit to Weight Loss Surgery
Weight Stayed the Same Over Three Years, But New Diseases Developed at Rapid Pace
Gender, Race, Age Before Surgery May Play Role in Patient Outcomes
New Study Shows Gastric Bypass Can Normalize Cholesterol Levels Within Six Months And Keep High Cholesterol Away For at Least Six Years
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) announce a new five-year agreement on ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence (BSCOE) program. ASMBS is the largest organization for bariatric surgeons in the world.
Leading researchers, scientists, medical and surgical professionals from all over the world gather here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) this week (June 12 to June 17) to present new findings on obesity, morbid obesity, bariatric and metabolic surgery.
A new study of nearly 52,000 patients found that people who had gastric bypass surgery and were discharged from the hospital sooner than the national average of a two-day length of stay, experienced significantly higher rates of 30-day mortality and complications. The findings* were presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
Obesity has been linked to infertility and now a new study shows bariatric surgery may treat its most common cause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that affects up to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age -- 33 to 50 percent of whom are overweight or obese. The findings* were presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Not many patients come to a bariatric surgeon to treat infertility problems, but this study suggests that women with morbid obesity, who are infertile secondary to PCOS, may have a new surgical option.
Bariatric surgery can cut the incidence of heart attack, stroke or death by as much as 50 percent, according to a new study* presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
Bariatric surgery can lead to total or partial alleviation of migraines in nearly 90 percent of morbidly obese patients diagnosed with migraine headaches, according to a new study* presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Over an average follow-up of three years after gastric bypass surgery, more than 70 percent of patients never had another migraine.
Depression and anxiety do not seem to interfere with the amount of weight loss or the improvement of obesity-related conditions after bariatric surgery, according to a new study* of more than 25,000 patients presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine) researchers reviewed data from more than 100,000 bariatric surgery patients and discovered the top six risk factors that could help doctors and patients predict, evaluate, reduce or avoid in-hospital mortality after weight loss surgery. The findings* were presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
New data on metabolic and bariatric surgery and its effects on Type 2 diabetes remission, heart attack prevention and kidney disease will be presented by researchers from institutions including Stanford University, Cleveland Clinic and Duke University, at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), being held at the San Diego Convention Center from June 17 to June 22, 2012.
Total cholesterol, triglycerides and C-reactive protein levels are among 11 risk factors for heart attack that remained greatly reduced up to seven years after gastric bypass surgery, according to a new Stanford University study.
Studies from Stanford University, Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Naval Medical Center in San Diego show laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, an increasingly popular surgical procedure where the stomach is reduced by 85 percent, is as safe as or safer than laparoscopic gastric bypass or gastric banding
In many obese diabetic patients, one of the most dreaded complications of Type 2 diabetes can be put into remission or prevented entirely with bariatric surgery, according to a new study* from the Cleveland Clinic
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