ASMBS latest list of WLS articles

[Dr-Patient 830]

Just sharing: The ASMBS (official organization of weight loss surgeons, etc) has an e-newsletter they send doctors, etc. Here's the link to today's email blast of current/recent articles about WLS: http://connect.asmbs.org/stories-of-the-week-08-18-14.html

Two of those entries are:

Daily Checkup: Sleeve Gastrectomy is an Effective Weight-Loss Surgery (New York Daily News)

Q&A with Dr. Linda Zhang from Mount Sinai Hospital on sleeve gastrectomy, which she calls a relatively simple procedure in comparison to gastric bypass and can help patients lose 70% of their excess body weight. Dr. Zhang comments, “A lot of people say that they want surgery because they want to live longer, and it’s shown that this surgery decreases long-term mortality.” In addition, “what we’re finding is that sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass have very similar results, even though gastric bypass is much more complex and includes rerouting the intestines. You don’t lose quite as much weight with the sleeve procedure, but it’s simpler and there’s less risk.” The article says “for a reliable online source, start with ASMBS.org and that patients should consider going to an ASMBS Center of Excellence.

Cancer Tops List of Surprising Health Problems Tied to Obesity
(ABC News, MedPage Today)

Reports on a new study in The Lancet that found 10% of all gallbladder, kidney, liver and colon cancers could be attributed to excess weight and that a “whopping 41% of uterine cancers were tied to obesity. Also reported, overweight women have a harder time getting pregnant. Dr. Marc Bessler comments, “ Obesity is an inflammatory state and that alone might decrease fertility.” Dr. Bessler said some of his patients become pregnant just months after weight-loss surgery once they have dropped a few pounds. In an accompanying commentary to The Lancet study, Peter T. Campbell, PhD, of the American Cancer Society characterized obesity as “a certain and avoidable cause of cancer and that “more research is not needed to justify, or even demand, policy changes aimed at curbing overweight
and obesity.”