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New! Hot Topics in Family Medicine CME / ABIM MOC / CENovel insights on weight loss drugs, diabetes screening, and statin use could have implications for clinical practice.
Medscape Education Gastroenterology, December 2022
Top 5 Tips for Managing Obesity in Your PatientsCME / ABIM MOCMore than 42% of adults in the United States are affected by obesity. Obtain practical strategies from our experts including how point-of-care tools can help.
Medscape Education Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 2022
Can Bariatric Surgery Reduce COVID-19 Severity? CME / ABIM MOC / CEAs weight loss from bariatric surgery was linked to better COVID-19 outcomes, obesity may be a modifiable risk factor for COVID-19 severity.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, February 2022
Does Bariatric Surgery Affect Fatty Liver Disease? CME / ABIM MOC / CEBariatric surgery for obese patients with NASH lowers risk for major adverse liver outcomes and MACE compared with nonsurgical management.
Bariatric surgery today is the only effective therapy for morbid obesity, which has increased steadily over the past several decades. Bariatric surgical procedures can be divided fundamentally into restrictive procedures that limit caloric intake by downsizing the stomach's reservoir capacity and malabsorptive procedures that decrease the length of the small intestine. The 2 most common bariatric procedures performed worldwide are laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.