obesity

April 28, 2026

Patients struggle with lack of consistent coverage for popular weight-loss drugs

March 3, 2025 Tom Murphy

Supplies of high-demand obesity treatments are improving, but that doesn’t mean it’s easier to get them. Many employers and insurers are scaling back coverage of Wegovy and Zepbound, and a key government program, Medicare, doesn’t […]

Benefits of gastric bypass persist for 12 years

September 21, 2017 Mollie Young

WINSTON-SALEM— Twelve years after gastric-bypass weight-loss surgery, the benefits persist in most patients, leading to long-term weight loss, less diabetes, lower blood pressure and fewer cholesterol problems, according to a study of the technique that […]