Dr. Ara Keshishian

11/12/2025

Patient Who Had No Luck With GLP-1 Drugs Found Success With Surgery
— It took 2 years of insurance rigamarole, but 3 months post-op, she's lost 66 pounds

MedPage Today


https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/113523?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-12-23&mh=378844436c10864bd1c62fc42e9ef418&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202024-12-23&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

11/12/2025

There are numerous complications with GLP-1 medications. Below are the most frequent reasons for discontinuing their use.





https://www.dssurgery.com/articles/reasons-for-discontinuation-of-glp1-receptor-agonists-data-from-a-real-world-cross-sectional-survey-of-physicians-and-their-patients-with-type-2-diabetes/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIQiR9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHW4Q5ucNRVZ-VpeL4798pZF0abyuDu7E1l_eJdRzYV3sSUvAjQLNoVqTtA_aem_E1aRCO-m7FGnxC2tdzy9_Q

11/11/2025

Thank you for your dedication and service.

10/02/2025

"The impact of metabolic bariatric surgery on biological markers of aging: a 2-year prospective observational study. Metabolic age index was significantly reduced ([83 (20.87] versus 62.5 [24.67] years, P < .001)."

https://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(25)00730-0/abstract?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email


ASMBS - The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

09/28/2025

"Bariatric surgery leads to long term lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) improvement in male patients with severe obesity"

ASMBS - The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
https://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(25)00731-2/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

09/23/2025

"Impact of weight loss on epicardial adipose tissue after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: Significant improvement in EAT and cardiac structural remodeling occurs after Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery, which strongly correlates with BMI reduction. "https://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(25)00728-2/abstract?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email


ASMBS - The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

09/23/2025

New Study Shows Weight Loss Surgery to be More Effective Than Medication:
We’ve known it for a long time, but we really love hearing other people, like this interview on the Today Show which was released during the ASMBS Annual Meeting, recognize that obesity is a chronic disease! New research presented at confirms what many in our field already know: Metabolic and bariatric surgery continues to be the most effective treatment for sustained weight loss and long-term health outcomes. https://ow.ly/ZI1M50WgOt3

New Study Shows Weight Loss Surgery to be More Effective Than Medication:

We’ve known it for a long time, but we really love hearing other people, like this interview on the Today Show which was released during the ASMBS Annual Meeting, recognize that obesity is a chronic disease! New research presented at confirms what many in our field already know: Metabolic and bariatric surgery continues to be the most effective treatment for sustained weight loss and long-term health outcomes. https://ow.ly/ZI1M50WgOt3

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09/09/2025

Association between hysterectomy status and stroke risk and cause-specific and all-cause mortality: evidence from the 2005–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10233142/

09/08/2025

Additional information
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09/05/2025

Weight loss surgery has better short and long term benefits over GLP-1 injections.

09/05/2025

GLP-1 medications have serious side effects. Weight loss surgery has better short and long term benefits over GLP-1 injections.