<code id='9959734316'></code><style id='9959734316'></style>
    • <acronym id='9959734316'></acronym>
      <center id='9959734316'><center id='9959734316'><tfoot id='9959734316'></tfoot></center><abbr id='9959734316'><dir id='9959734316'><tfoot id='9959734316'></tfoot><noframes id='9959734316'>

    • <optgroup id='9959734316'><strike id='9959734316'><sup id='9959734316'></sup></strike><code id='9959734316'></code></optgroup>
        1. <b id='9959734316'><label id='9959734316'><select id='9959734316'><dt id='9959734316'><span id='9959734316'></span></dt></select></label></b><u id='9959734316'></u>
          <i id='9959734316'><strike id='9959734316'><tt id='9959734316'><pre id='9959734316'></pre></tt></strike></i>

          entertainment

          entertainment

          author:explore    Page View:75
          Doctors perform bariatric surgery at a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico. GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images

          Over the past year, weight loss drugs have captured the public’s imagination but also raised existential questions about the future of bariatric surgery.

          For obesity, surgery has long been — and continues to be — the most effective treatment, reducing patients’ risk of sleep apnea, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and death. However, the gap between weight loss drugs and bariatric surgery is starting to narrow after Wegovy cut the risk of major heart complications by 20% in Novo Nordisk’s SELECT trial.

          advertisement

          “Personally, I would have taken a 5% reduction,” said Angela Fitch, president of the Obesity Medicine Association, emphasizing that these results symbolize a paradigm shift in obesity medicine. With even more effective weight loss drugs already emerging and other clinical trial evidence on the horizon, the hope is that, with medication, “we would see similar sorts of outcomes that we see with surgery,” said Fitch.

          Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

          Subscribe Log In

          explore

          Affirmative action in medical school literally saved lives
          Affirmative action in medical school literally saved lives

          AdobeThepastseveralmonthshavebeengrimforhealthintheU.S.InDecember,theCentersforDiseaseControlandPrev

          read more
          Radiology is caught between AI's potential and concern for patients
          Radiology is caught between AI's potential and concern for patients

          AdobeRadiologyhaslongledthewayintheapplicationofartificialintelligenceinmedicine.Morethanthree-quart

          read more
          Wildfire smoke exposes gaps in outdoor worker protections
          Wildfire smoke exposes gaps in outdoor worker protections

          ApersonwaitingforthesubwaywearsafilteredmaskassmokyhazefromwildfiresinCanadablanketsaneighborhoodinN

          read more

          Chris Christie meets with Zelenskyy during Ukraine trip

          0:33Ukraine'sPresidentVolodymyrZelenskyyshakeshandswithRepublicanpresidentialcandidateandformerNewJe