John W. Baker

RYGB has better blood pressure outcomes than medical care @ 5 years FU. @caschiavon @ASMBS @IfsoSecretariat @IFSOMENAC @ifso_ec @SBCBMOficial

@stefaniei @WSJhealth @WSJ The key will be addressing the epidemic of obesity and related diseases. The US needs comprehensive treatment. Support TROA , Treat and Reduce Obesity Act! It has reintroduced each Congress since 2013. Obesity treatment was excluded from the Affordable Care Act in 2009.

New evidence for Wegovy's benefits in heart disease. Wegovy “has the real potential to be a fundamental paradigm shift in how we manage obesity patients with this type of heart failure.” wsj.com/health/pharma/… via @WSJ

@FilipinoSurgeon @UCSFSurgery Congratulations!

Honored to take on this new role @UCSFSurgery !! 🦾

The government will finally cover obesity care for its employees — but not the rest of us thehill.com/opinion/health…

#ASMBS#Obesitytreatment#TROA#OCAN tiktok.com/t/ZTRtyqhpP/

#BurjKhalifa #atthetop #dubailife

#BurjKhaifa #atthetop

@Walgreens NOLA on Robert E Lee refusing to serve someone on a bicycle in the drive though to pick up a Rx. No other vehicles around! No bike rack outside to secure my bike to. I guess I should push my bike though the store or ride through.

@SanPellegrino@HurricaneZeta@NOLA my wife wanted water for the storm prep. I think she has an issue

#BariatricSurgery results in a reduction of All-Cause Mortality: and specifically #cancer and #cardiovascular mortality in this Population-Based Matched Cohort Study in a Universal Health Care System ⁦@AnnalsofIM⁩ #obesity weight loss surgery acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M1…

Dr. John Morton's August editorial: For whom the bells toll: the importance of inclusion in fighting COVID-19 bit.ly/3ki3FI3

Senators Cassidy and Carper Call for Medicare to Cover Obesity Drugs Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Also Requests Expanded Coverage of Behavioral Therapy bit.ly/2ZdYm3M

@ASMBS@ObesityWeek , Dr. DeMaria giving Presidential address!

RT @PSchauerMD: A multi-center RCT for metabolic surgery with clinical endpoints (MI, Stroke, Death) is Needed?WHY OR WHY NOT? #OW2019 @ObesityWeek @ASMBS @ASMBSIH @ObesitySociety #ASMBS2019. YES!!! Defined endpoints help our argument.

@ASMBS @arghavan_salles @RPetersonMD @RaulRosenthalMD

Art and Medicine: Do you like to doodle? Are you a painter? Like to draw? A sculptor? Please show us your etchings with a reply and a picture!!!! @asmbs #art #draw #painting

Did you miss the robust discussion of #UltraProcessedFoods by @KevinH_PhD and @ProfMikeGibney at the close of #Nutrition2019 yesterday? Catch a summary and review their slides here: conscienhealth.org/2019/06/ultra-…

Speaking of Clichés: unlike other drugs, every label of drugs for diabetes/obesity must say “as an adjunct to diet and exercise” even when no study shows the drug only works when added to diet and exercise. Is this evidence-based or dogma-based medicine? conscienhealth.org/2015/02/annoyi…