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Featured
Medication Confers Additional Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery in Young Adults
Three medications often prescribed by obesity medicine physicians are effective for young adults who have inadequate weight loss or regain weight after bariatric surgery.
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Obesity Tied to Risk of Diverticulosis
By analyzing a cohort of adults who underwent colonoscopy, gastroenterologists at Massachusetts General Hospital have determined that overweight and obesity substantially increase the risk of diverticulosis.
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BMI Linked to Diverticulitis in Women
Using data from the Nurses' Health Study, gastroenterologists at Massachusetts General Hospital found an independent association between BMI and risk of diverticulitis in women.
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Polygenic Scores for Cardiometabolic Diseases Correlate Strongly Across Siblings
In a study with substantial implications for genetic counseling, Amit V. Khera, MD, MSc, of the Center for Genomic Medicine, and colleagues found that when individuals with high polygenic scores were defined as those in the top 20% of the distribution, about 45% of their siblings met the same threshold.
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Sleeve Gastrectomy Has Similarly Detrimental Effects on Bone in Adolescents and Adults
Using quantitative CT and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Miriam Bredella, MD, and colleagues observed that adolescents and adults had similar decreases in lumbar volumetric bone mineral density over the 12 months after sleeve gastrectomy, which associates with an increase in lumbar marrow adipose tissue.
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Group-based Intervention Effective for Weight Loss Improves Quality of Life
Abeer Bader, MSc, RD, LDN, CSOWM, Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, of the Mass General Weight Center, and colleagues found that a group program only 12 weeks long helped patients lose weight and resulted in improved overall quality of life.
Obesity Experts
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director for Cancer Epidemiology, Mass General Cancer Center, Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine
Recent Article
Prior Antibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of New Diverticulitis in Older Adults
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
Obesity Medicine Physician for Adults, Adolescents, and Children, Mass General Weight Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Affiliated Faculty, MGH Mongan Institute of Health Policy and Associate, MGH Disparities Solution Center
Recent Article
Group-based Intervention Effective for Weight Loss Improves Quality of Life
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Hamed Khalili, MD, MPH
Gastroenterologist
Recent Article
Collagenous Colitis Associated with Increased Incidence, Severity of COVID-19
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Wenjie Ma, MBBS, ScD
Research Fellow
Recent Article
Anti-inflammatory Diet May Prevent, Treat Diverticulitis
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.
