IFSO-EC webinar
The last IFSO-EC webinar took place 1st of December 2022. We have invited two excellent speakers: Alex Miras (UK) and Pierre Blanc (France). The debate…
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New website
Welcome to the new website with new fresh ideas as well as updated readings and working material for our members.
Liraglutide lowers weight and HbA1c in T2DM Arab patients
Liraglutide is effective in reducing weight, HbA1c as well as other metabolic parameters in Arab population with type2 diabetes, according…
New obesity treatment prevents bone loss during weight loss
Using the intestinal hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in obesity treatment prevents the loss of bone mass otherwise frequently associated…
Obese Patients at High Risk of Post-surgery Complications
Research from the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry is revealing the heavy surgical consequences of severe obesity….
Fresh NEWS from the Chapter
Dr. Joan Pujol Rafols (Barcelona) lead the Communication and Development Subcommittee.Dr Rachel Batterham (London) & Dr Ralph Peterli (Zurich) lead the Science SubcommitteeProf Michel…
Obesity continues to increase in Europe
Overweight and obesity is increasing in the EU with 53% of adults in the EU now either overweight or obese,…
Surgical patients may have different psychological profiles
The researchers from the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, published in PlosOne, have concluded that psychological factors are independent of somatic conditions…
Surgery can benefit some obese pediatric patients
As a last resort when conservative interventions have failed, bariatric surgery can improve liver disease and other obesity-related health problems…
Single-anastomosis bypass – an attractive alternative?
According to a paper published in the Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, the single-anastomosis gastric bypass “may be an attractive alternative metabolic…