EndoStim therapy The four presentations included analyses of: one year results of an international multi-center study of EndoStim therapy for refractory GERD; and interim results from EndoStim's international patient registry. EndoStim has announced new data were presented on its…
Commercial weight loss programmes Few studies evaluated the effect of the programmes on blood sugar and the six that did failed to show substantial reductions with any commercial weight loss programme Johns Hopkins scientists who indirectly investigated the blood sugar…
Medtronic make Dutch investment The new alliance with Medtronic will enable NOK to expand its chain of clinics to more countries, providing better access for patients who need comprehensive morbid obesity treatment. The Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek (Dutch Obesity Clinic, NOK)…
Post-op recipe resources All recipes are coded for different consistencies, whether able to be frozen and if vegetarian. NDR-UK has launched two innovative new resources, developed by specialist dietetic colleagues at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland. The comprehensive, 80 page…
Whole-person approach for obesity The authors urge physicians to take a broader view of what constitutes obesity The staged approach to obesity treatment allows for intensive lifestyle modification and weight management at Obesity Stage 0. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic's…
Stretta cost savings Study found a combined estimated savings of more than US$15 million per year for a five million member plan Researchers from Baker Tilly LLP, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Stanford University, has suggested the potential for substantial payer…
LapDome device First successful bariatric application for LapDome device Laparoscopic surgeon utilises LapDome on obese patient deemed not fit for standard laparoscopic access Narvitas Medical Devices International Limited, a UK-based global medical device company, has announced the successful use of…
Vagus nerve There might be pharmaceutical targets for the regulation of food intake, perhaps the receptors that modulate responses to nutrients The vagus nerve has long been recognised as the internal sensory system, regulating breathing and heart rate among, as…
Indian bariatric registry The Registry study will analyse treatment outcomes with regards to percentage excess weight loss and resolution of co-morbidities including, diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnoea, dyslipidemia, etc. The Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OSSI) has taken an…
Surgery and premature aging Two years after surgery, patients had telomeres that were 80% longer than they had been before the procedure Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse the premature aging associated with obesity, according to research presented…