ASC leaders are optimistic about the future, citing opportunities for growth over the next five years, including the migration of cardiology procedures to ASCs and increasing patient interest.

In what ways could it change clinical care? Wen: I think it’s good to be more precise about defining obesity. On a population level, it may be more convenient to measure BMI for the purpose of ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

The author of a new guidebook on GLP-1s and other experts share their tips for how clinicians can optimize patient success ...

Dr. Gaur added that if the balloon-GLP-1 combination is successful, it "could become the gold standard for obesity care." The news has given Allurion Technologies investors something to cheer ...

Obesity isn’t just a disease of excess weight, Osborn said, but a “systemic metabolic disorder requiring nuanced and individualized care.” The condition is better measured by looking at ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as ...

including measuring body fat to diagnose obesity instead of BMI alone. The commission report also recommended that health care professionals conduct a further assessment to determine whether a ...

This result, if confirmed in larger trials, could give the medicine an edge over available obesity treatments.

The LGL plan would garner ... ways of delivering health and care services," according to a Lilly statement, which alludes to defining new models of care for obesity treatment, including the ...

One of the public health aims in the Programme for Government, which was agreed between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Regional Independents, is to "create a new obesity policy and action plan". This was ...

Republican funding cuts could include blocking Deferred Action of Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients from enrolling in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health coverage. Former President Joe Biden ...