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What Do New Weight Loss Drugs Mean for the Future of Bariatric Surgery?

Over the past year, weight loss drugs have captured the public’s imagination but also raised existential questions about the future of bariatric surgery. For obesity, surgery has long been — and continues to be — the most effective treatment, reducing patients’ risk of sleep apnea, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and death. However, the gap between …

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Forum Health Invests in Growing Demand for Medical Weight Loss with Acquisition of InShape Medical

Forum Health, LLC, a national network of integrative and functional medicine providers, has acquired leading functional medicine and weight loss clinic InShape Medical in Cary, NC. InShape Medical has been serving Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Morrisville, Pex, and Holly Springs since 2012 with personalized, medical weight loss programs, anti-aging treatments, and aesthetics. Read the full …

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Bariatric Surgical Growth Is Outpacing Obesity Prevalence in Some Geographies

The demand for prescription drug use for the treatment and management of Type 2 diabetes and obesity—specifically semaglutide—is unprecedented. Previously, bariatric surgery was the primary treatment for obesity, but it was invasive, costly—albeit a one-time cost compared to a lifetime of monthly semaglutide injections—and lacked consistent commercial insurance coverage. With increased demand for semaglutide, growing …

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Advances in Weight Loss Drug Development and the Impact on Provider Services

Excess body weight afflicts more than two-thirds of Americans. Until recently, pharmacological interventions have been incremental at best. In 2021, the FDA approved Wegovy (semaglutide) for chronic weight management, delivering the first results even remotely comparable to bariatric surgery. Herein, Marwood Group details the growing weight loss drug pipeline, strategies manufacturers are utilizing to expand …

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Weight-Loss Surgery Is Becoming More Common among Children and Teens, New Research Shows

Millions of children and teens live with obesity in the United States, and weight-loss surgery is becoming a more common way to treat it, new research shows. The number of metabolic and bariatric surgeries completed among youth ages 10 to 19 has been on the rise since 2016, according to data published Tuesday in JAMA …

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