Posts tagged “gastric bypass”

Weight Loss Surgery: Best Option For Diabetes Patients?-4302

June 5th, 2014
Weight Loss Surgery: Best Option For Diabetes Patients?-4302

Although in many cases diabetes is a genetic condition, in some cases living an unhealthy lifestyle can contribute to the illness. Many diabetic individuals also suffer from obesity. Patients are given medication to control their blood sugar, statins to lower high cholesterol levels and dietary advice to help lose weight. However, recently, scientists have started […]

Is Gastric Bypass Surgery The Best Surgical Procedure For Weight Loss?-9393

April 12th, 2011
Is Gastric Bypass Surgery The Best Surgical Procedure For Weight Loss?-9393

Studies in the US appear to suggest it possibly is better than other treatments. However one surgeon warns that it is important that people considering getting stomach bypass surgery carried out go to someone who has performed a large number of them. According to one New York Surgeon, Dr. Mitchell Roslin: “[Gastric bypass surgery is] […]

Growth In Cosmetic Surgery Among ‘Slim’ Patients-6906

January 24th, 2011
Growth In Cosmetic Surgery Among ‘Slim’ Patients-6906

Obesity is a growing problem which needs to be tackled as it can lead to unnecessary further medical problems, not to mention cost. While obesity is obviously associated with people who are considered by doctors to be fat or overweight, there is a worrying and growing phenomenon that some women who would not fall into […]

Obese residents face long waits for surgery in British Colombia-4200

January 11th, 2011
Obese residents face long waits for surgery in British Colombia-4200

Jake Carte, a twenty-six year old from Saanich, British Colombia, weights more than five hundred pounds. He is officially in “the super morbid obesity” class, and has spent the last few days in hospital due to weight related complications. ‘I ended up in hospital because I was having lots of trouble breathing,’ Carte was quoted […]

Doctors urged to use Lap-Band more often-5035

December 3rd, 2010
Doctors urged to use Lap-Band more often-5035

Allergan, the manufacturer of the Lap-Band, is urging doctors across the US to use their product more often, in place of the more common gastric bypass or stomach stapling procedure. The gastric bypass and stomach stapling operations are serious operations, that require invasive surgery and a long recovery. Both treatments involve cutting and re-routing the […]

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