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• Gastric Bypass More Effective Than Sleeves, But May Carry Hypoglycemia Risks: Study

  April 30, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that gastric bypass surgery is more effective at causing weight loss and type 2 diabetes remission than gastric sleeve surgery, but at the cost of potentially dangerous low blood sugar levels.

• Bariatric Surgery Rates Down by 26% in Recent Years: Report

  November 12, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Study suggests that many patients seeking weight loss are foregoing bariatric surgeries, and instead moving toward the use of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.

• New York Hospital Performed Inappropriate Weight Loss Surgeries on Patients: Report

  December 18, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A New York Times report finds that Bellvue Hospital performs an unusually high number of weight loss surgeries, often on patients who would not be qualified for the procedures in other hospitals.

• Researchers Propose Bariatric Surgery Outcome Score to Measure Weight Loss Effectiveness

  December 12, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  Researchers say they may have developed a standardized scoring method for measuring bariatric surgery outcomes, which could help determine which patients will benefit from which procedures.

• Fecal Microbiota Transplants Fail to Increase Weight Loss from Bariatric Surgery: Study

  December 22, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study reveal that fecal microbiota transplants failed to increase weight loss following bariatric surgery.

• Women Who Recently Had Weight Loss Surgery Face Increased Preterm and Low Weight Birth Risks

  May 12, 2021

  Martha Garcia

  Women who have a child within a year of weight loss surgery are more likely to give birth to a baby preterm or with low birth weight, according to the findings of a new study.

• Link Between Bariatric Surgery and Colorectal Cancer Risk Evaluated in New Study

  March 31, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  Bariatric surgery may decrease the risk of colorectal cancer, according to the findings of a new study.

• Study Finds Weight Loss Surgeries Increase Risk of Gastrointestinal Complications

  September 6, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that gastric bypass and gastric sleeve surgery could cause a number of gastrointestinal complications.

• Bariatric Surgery Revision More Common After Banding, Vertical Banded Gastroplasty: Study

  January 9, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that patients who undergo gastric banding or vertical banding weight loss surgery are more likely to need revision surgery or convert to gastric bypass later.

• Intragastric Balloon Deaths Lead To New FDA Warning Over Weight Loss Procedure

  June 5, 2018

  Russell Maas

  The FDA is requiring new label warnings of intragastric weight loss balloon surgeries, which have been linked to a number of deaths in recent years.