Archive for November, 2008

Weight Loss News - Yahoo News

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Weight Loss News - Yahoo News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Study findings suggest less than one quarter of asthmatic adults meet national exercise guidelines and, among this group, obesity may be a greater exercise deterrent actual asthma symptoms. Overweight women at risk for

Weekend Round-up: New surgery method, Klobuchar to campus - Minnesota Daily
*Interesting story from the Star Tribune about a new type of surgery that is coming soon to Minnesota. It’s called natural orifice surgery and, yes, it involves going in and out of the body’s various openings. By doing so, surgeons can virtually

‘EndoBarrier’ Improves Weight Loss Results - News 4
(CBS4) A potential new way to get better results from gastric bypass surgery. Sometimes people have so much weight to lose, even gastric bypass surgery isn’t enough, but a new experimental device could help. For Geri Jemlich, fighting her desire to

Lap band surgery factsheet - A Current Affair

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Lap band surgery factsheet - A Current Affair
Obesity has become one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century. As diets, exercise programs and pills seem to fail, more and more Australians are turning to surgery for a solution. Many people are turning to lap band surgery to help lose

A very special Thanksgiving - Foxboro Reporter
Susan Barry has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Thanks to a relatively new stomach-banding technique designed for losing weight without major surgery, a forward-looking, confident Barry enjoys having lost close to 100 pounds since

Diabetes: Doctors aim to stop disease early - Tribune-Democrat
Finding answers to that question is at the heart of an initiative Windber Research Institute leaders are developing to address conditions such as diabetes. “It’s a strategy to identify patients with chronic illness and direct them to programs

Healthbase Helps American Dancer Get Double Hip Resurfacing Through - PR Inside
2008-11-24 06:58:32 - Healthbase has helped an uninsured American patient get double hip resurfacing surgeries in India. The high cost of Birmingham hip resurfacing surgery in the United States plus the lack of expertise in this procedure in the

Bariatric Surgery - eMaxHealth.com

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Bariatric Surgery - eMaxHealth.com
The American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) estimates that more than 177,000 Americans with morbid obesity had bariatric surgery in 2006. This represents a 480% increase in the number of procedures performed since 2000. Demand for bariatric

Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy May Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in - Medscape News
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Franco e Rizzi Offers Low-Cost Weight Loss Surgery (WLS) With Unique - PR Newswire
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Many people want or need weight loss surgery. Many are not covered by health insurance. They need a low-cost, safe and fixed-price alternative. Franco e Rizzi ( http://www.robertorizzi.com ) offers a unique

Medicare’s Revised Health Insurance Policy For Bariatric Surgery For - eMaxHealth.com
Medicare wants to limit health insurance coverage for obese patients, but proposes coverage policy for bariatric surgery as diabetes treatment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today its proposal to clarify its policies