As the FDA issues a new warning about aspiration across all GLP-1 weight loss drugs, doctor groups are giving new ...

The new guidance, contrasting with earlier recommendations, says these incrementally used agents can be taken up until the ...

Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, who specializes in vascular and bariatric ... before surgery to reap the above benefits and reduce the above risks, he adds. This can be doable if people are dedicated to a ...

Bariatric surgery is a ... or not—to promote weight loss after surgery, researchers assigned different diets to two groups of ...

The guidance points out that any risk for food regurgitation can be minimized by having patients follow a liquid-only diet for 24 hours before their surgery, especially for folks on higher doses ...

Most patients may continue to safely take glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists as prescribed before undergoing elective surgery and ... should follow a liquid diet for 24 hours ...

A study from Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine in Indianapolis found that the use of GLP-1 RA in the year before bariatric surgery has increased more than threefold since 2018 -; from 8% ...