Archive for May, 2008

Weight Loss Surgery Options - WAOW

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Weight Loss Surgery Options - WAOW
Bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery offers patients many benefits, but also poses some risks. In the past 6 years, more than 800-thousand people have undergone the procedure. The thought of any major surgery can be daunting, but for Americans

Simpler Weight Loss Surgery Proving Successful - WBZ-TV
BOSTON (WBZ) ? There a several different kings of weight loss surgeries. Now researchers are finding one, which uses a sleeve-like device to reshape the stomach, can be especially helpful for people who are too heavy for traditional gastric bypass

Three people lost 300-plus pounds. How did they do it? - Miami Herald
Stuart Snowhite, a personal chef, is surrounded by food. He went from 275 lbs to 150 lbs by creating his own diets and exercising. He maintains his weight by working out three times a week. He uses tension bands, runs three miles twice a week, goes

Guiding Light Star Weighs In on Weight-loss Story - Seattle Post Intelligencer
There’s a lot less of Caitlin Van Zandt these days. The plus-size Guiding Light star recently underwent Lap-Band surgery and has already dropped more than 40 pounds. The GL writers had her character, teenager Ashlee Wolfe, undergo the same weight

Hip surgery performed on Abreu - Major League Baseball
CHICAGO — Rookie utility man Tony Abreu underwent hip surgery Wednesday at the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colo., which doctors are hopeful will finally resolve his eight-month injury ordeal. He is expected to be sidelined at least three months

Death Risks High After Weight Loss Surgery -Study - Javno

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Death Risks High After Weight Loss Surgery -Study - Javno
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 generally is due not to the

FDA Approves REALIZE(TM) Adjustable Gastric Band for Morbid Obesity - PR Newswire
CINCINNATI, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for marketing the REALIZE(TM) Adjustable Gastric Band, a surgical implant for weight reduction and improvement in

Children opt for weight-loss surgery - Philadelphia Tribune
Home Page | Health Section Children opt for weight-loss surgery NYC hospitals are researching the effects of gastric bypass surgery on children By David B. Caruso AP NEW YORK – As the popularity of stomach surgery has skyrocketed among obese adults

Lap-band surgery - The Ledger
And it has become a particularly bad problem in the South. In “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing American, 2007,” a national study conducted by the Trust for America’s Health, states were ranked according to adult obesity rates. Of

Outcomes similar for laparoscopic, open colon cancer surgeries - Tehran Times
Minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery and open surgery for colon cancer produce similar outcomes, according to researchers who reviewed findings from 12 international studies involving over 3,300 patients. “”For a long time, many surgeons have been

New weight loss surgery - WHEC TV-10
Thousands of people have weight loss surgery each year. This can mean massive weight loss, but the surgery doesn’t come without risks. News 10NBC has the latest on an investigational approach that’s helping patients shed pounds a whole lot safer

Potential Remedies To Obesity And Its Health Threats - Science Daily

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Potential Remedies To Obesity And Its Health Threats - Science Daily
Bariatric surgery is a popular option for those who have been unable to achieve weight loss through diet and exercise alone. However, patients need to weigh operative risks and surgical side effects before deciding to proceed with a surgery of this

Center for Surgical Weight Control to host seminars - Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — The Cabell Huntington Hospital Center for Surgical Weight Control will begin hosting surgical weight control seminars on Thursdays beginning June 5 at the 20th Street Professional Building at 1115 20th St. in Huntington. Other seminars

Biggest Losers Drop 1,624 Pounds - First Coast News
JACKSONVILLE, FL — “I am here to tell you I would have died without it,” Clara Painter says about her gastric bypass surgery. Clara had the operation almost six years ago. She went from 350 pounds to 140. Her husband had gastric bypass, too. Dewey