Health & Fitness Calendar
Health & Fitness Calendar
Tacoma News Tribune - Obesity Surgery Discussion Group 4:30-6:30 p.m. Fridays (call to confirm), St. Francis Hospital, 34515 Ninth Ave. S., Federal Way; 253-275-6030. Pierce College Dental Hygiene program offers help to patients with gum disease; For a free screening
Death risks high after weight loss surgery -study
Reuters - CHICAGO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Patients who undergo weight-loss stomach surgery have a higher death rate than is true for the general population, including more suicides, perhaps linked to depression, researchers said on Monday. The higher risk of death
Surgeons Find That Laparoscopic Banding Procedure Helps Overweight
PR Newswire - It has been estimated that there are a million children in the US who would qualify for obesity surgery based on their current weight and medical illnesses related to their weight. We have been looking at children ages 14 to 17 for now, because that
Obesity surgery cures diabetes in some patients
Providence Journal - Doctors who have turned surgery into a popular treatment for obesity are setting their sights on a burgeoning new market: diabetes patients. A growing amount of research suggests that bariatric surgery, which shrinks the stomach and sometimes
Obesity doctor fights against a tide of mistrust
The Australian - hospitals. I think its place in Australia is extremely limited. The BPD proponents around the world can be very vocal and they are very senior. But nobody believes the figures. I think that it is a procedure dragging down the whole obesity surgery
Advocates appeal for help for obese
Montreal Gazette - People who have never lived this think we have no self-control, but this is a disease,” Shultz said of morbid obesity. “Surgery was not a way out, it was a last resort,” she said. Laval Cite De La Sante surgeon Patrick Bouchard has done 50 bariatric
Say ‘no’ to obesity
News Today - India has not recognised obesity as a disease, unlike in western countries. Here, people equate obesity with a symbol of wealth, said Pradeep K Chowbey, president, Obesity Surgery Society of India, and secretary general, Asia Pacific Bariatric