Excellent talk about weight regain post MBS by Lee Kaplan. Think about causes before thinking about treatment options, role of OMM #IFSO2024

Kwang Wei Tham - OMM after MBS #IFSO2024

John Dixon - OMM and body composition #IFSO2024

Silvia Leite - OMM and nutrition #IFSO2024

Full house for addressing mental health. #IFSO2024

Carmel Harrison - recurrent weight gain and disordered eating #IFSO2024

Gemma Sharp Associate Professor Gemma Sharp Body image dissatisfaction #IFSO2024

Rachel Gold - psychotherapeutic interventions in MBS #IFSO2024

Stephanie Sogg - substance use after MBS #IFSO2024 ifso.com/pdf/alcohol-yo…

Another great battle at the IFSO Chapters Championship - The Shark Tank! 🦈🦈🦈 Congrats to the winner Jaime Ponce!!! #ifsomelbourne2024 #ifso2024

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1/2 The AEON stapler Lexington Medical is non-inferior to the Tri-Staple Medtronic in achieving haemostasis & maintaining staple-line integrity in bariatric surgery, according to a study by researchers UWA & Perth Surgical & Bariatrics, Perth, Australia tinyurl.com/3e28na5x

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It's great for surgeons (and patients) that there are so many very good products on the market for surgeons to chose from to maximise outcomes in difficult and complicated cases.

Pts with obesity who underwent surgery were more likely to control their hypertension over a 1-to-5yr follow-up period vs those who managed their high hypertension with medications & lifestyle management, according to data from 18 RCTs with 1,300+ pts tinyurl.com/3mx5njtt

Bariatric News this week: REBORN outcomes, pneumonia & respiratory & post-op mortality, surgery & hypertension, AEON vs Tri-Staple, magnet compression anastomosis technology, semglutide & mental health, plus company & industry news, events & more... tinyurl.com/bdcth6zn

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#EASD2024 - Ready for a week packed with #diabetes #science, #exchange, #collaboration, #learning, and #networking?

Researchers Adocia Biotech develop a new drug delivery system that could cut the dosing schedule for type 2 diabetes & weight control drug #semaglutide to just once a month, according a study presented at this year's annual meeting of #EASD2024 EASD tinyurl.com/mruftuwe

Individuals with T2DM who are at higher risk of certain cancers could be identified by a simple blood test, according to researchers from the Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, presented at #EASD2024 tinyurl.com/ycyr6ebt