Tag: obesity
Cryovagotomy may help ignite weight loss
Cryoablation of the posterior vagal trunk, the nerve carrying hunger signals to the brain, may help patients with mild-to-moderate obesity lose weight, according to...
New study uses cryoablation to target vagus nerve and obesity
A new study is underway at Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, USA, to evaluate the use of cryoablation to treat mild to moderate obesity.
The clinical trial,...
Bariatric embolization: Promising results for GET LEAN study at six months
by Sumeet Patel, Azim Shaikh and Mubin Syed
The GET LEAN (Gastric artery embolization trial for the lessening of appetite nonsurgically) study shows promising six-month preliminary data...
