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High fasting insulin may raise odds for abnormal uterine bleeding - no shocker here, we see this commonly in our patients with severe obesity! healio.com/news/endocrino…

Entrepreneurial scientists at Pennington Biomedical are securing national grants and corporate contracts, leading to the creation of multiple biomed positions yearly in Baton Rouge. The innovation in this sector is fueling job growth, highlighting the dynamic impact of

📊 According to the National Survey of Children’s Health, 23.1 percent of Louisiana children are living with obesity. Greaux Healthy, powered by Pennington Biomedical Research Center and supported by the State of Louisiana, is taking action by reaching those with the power to make a difference: educators,

Real world data presented by Karan Chhabra, MD MSc group at #ASMBS2025 Weight loss after 2 years: ✴️ Gastric bypass: 26% ✴️ Sleeve gastrectomy: 23% ✴️ Tirzepatide: 8% ✴️ Semaglutide: 5%

Dr. Rebecca Puhl as the 2025 Mason Lecturer at #ASMBS2025: Negative public attitude about bariatric weight loss surgery

Robotic surgery shouldn’t replace laparoscopy—it should complement it. Training must emphasize versatility and prioritize safety, especially for new adopters. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Great ASMBS meeting last week - very proud of our #metabolic #surgery fellows and trainees #Metamor #ASMBS25 The future is bright!

Top Papers Presentation 2 Years Running! Very proud of Dr. Florina Corpodean Flori Corpodean, MD discussing her work examining routine cancer screening and obesity severity. #ASMBS25 American Board of Obesity Medicine OAC ASMBS ASMBS IH Philip Schauer, MD Pennington Biomedical Research Center The Obesity Society

Great work from Dr. Michael Kachmar - Belly Flop Syndrome... and much more! Extremely proud of you Michael Kachmar, DO, DABS, DABOM Pennington Biomedical Research Center and all of us at #Metamor are excited to watch you launch your career!

Scientists decrypt why gastric bypass surgery can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, a microcapsule platform for malaria vaccines yields strong immunity in mice with a single dose, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/3Gdd9DZ

Metabolic surgery reduces CRC disease progression through circulating bile acid diversion - very exciting, mechanistic study! #cancer #wls #obesity ⁦ASMBS⁩ ⁦The Obesity Society⁩ ⁦Philip Schauer, MD⁩ ⁦Jerry Dang, MD PhD⁩ ⁦⁦Tom Shin, MD PhD⁩ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40561000/

Compared with monotherapy or non-pharmacologic #WeightLoss, a multimodal #AntiObesityMedication regimen elicited more preoperative weight loss in high BMI patients. Michael Kachmar, DO, DABS, DABOM Kyle LaPenna, MD, PhD Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Philip Schauer, MD Pennington Biomedical Research Center LSU Health Sciences endocrinologyadvisor.com/news/multimoda…

📉 Only 3% of eligible U.S. adults received semaglutide or tirzepatide prescriptions for obesity between 2021–2024. - - - New study in JAMA highlights who's getting left behind in access to GLP-1 therapy—despite its game-changing effectiveness. Let’s unpack: 📊 Among 39 million

The more adiposity you have the higher risk of mortality. The less adipose the lower risk of mortality… to an extent, hence this J shaped curve (think lipodystrophy) The less muscle you have the higher risk of mortality. #ENDO2025

🎥Our newest "Brief Interview" is posted on our YouTube Channel! Dr Oviedo interviews Top-10 author Dr. Vance Albaugh about their article, Total Alimentary Limb Length Is Not Associated with Weight Loss Following Proximal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass youtu.be/O-infJMoBvM 🧵1/

📖You can read the full article here: doi.org/10.1007/s11695… Vance L. Albaugh, MD, PhD, DABOM, DABS-FPMBS Pennington Biomedical Research Center LSU Department of Surgery IFSO ASMBS Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS Ricardo Cohen Edo Aarts Anna Carolina Batista, MD TROGSS_official Deana (DEE-Nuh) Rodriguez Professor Yitka Graham 💙 🧵3/3

Polygenic scores for BMI and obesity constructed using data from 5M individuals with different ancestries were associated with distinct weight gain trajectories from early childhood to adulthood Novo Nordisk Foundation Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai nature.com/articles/s4159…

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity statement on metabolic bariatric surgery after pharmacotherapy-induced weight loss in clinical obesity - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology thelancet.com/journals/landi…