Publications by authors named "N Geron"
Purpose: Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) has emerged as the most effective treatment for adolescents with severe obesity. Despite the steady increase in frequency of MBS in adolescents, most reports focus on short-term (1-2 years) follow-up.
Objective: To report on long-term weight loss and status of obesity-related comorbidities of adolescents who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).
Present-day spatial patterns of urban tree canopy (UTC) are created by complex interactions between various human and biophysical drivers; thus, urban forests represent legacies of past processes. Understanding these legacies can inform municipal tree planting and canopy cover goals while also addressing urban sustainability and inequity. We examined historical UTC cover patterns and the processes that formed them in the cities of Chelsea and Holyoke, Massachusetts using a mixed methods approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Most published work on bariatric surgery (BS) in adolescents describes outcomes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. We compared the efficacy of LAGB and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in adolescents.
Methods: A National Bariatric Registry was queried for adolescents who underwent BS between June 2013 and December 2015.
Background: The increase in life expectancy presents health systems with a growing challenge in the form of elderly obesity. Bariatric surgery has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for obesity with reduction of excess weight and improvement in obesity-related co-morbidities. However, only recently have surgeons begun performing these operations on elderly patients on a larger scale, making data regarding mid- and long-term outcomes scarce.
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- Weight loss surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity, reducing cardiovascular and cancer risk, potentially linked to circulating microRNAs (miRNAs).
- Researchers investigated changes in specific miRNAs after gastric sleeve surgery in 21 patients, finding up-regulation of miR-122 three months post-surgery.
- The increase in miR-122 correlated with improved endothelial function, suggesting it could be a marker for vascular health in obese patients and may play a role in cancer prevention.