A review conducted by a Brazilian team of researchers found a possible association between weight loss surgery and a reduction in cancer diagnosis. The researchers reviewed the results of 13 studies conducted involving cancer rates after weight loss surgery. The combined studies included more than 54,000 patients. Results of
Dear ObesityHelp Friends and Family, It is with a very heavy heart and deep sadness that we share with you that the world and the OH Community has lost a dedicated, caring, and wonderful bariatric surgeon and friend. Last evening, Dr. Alberto Aceves was traveling from San Luis Gonzaga to
I’m so tired of hearing that people who have had weight loss surgery are somehow taking the easy way out. While at the beginning, weight loss surgery provides much more support or help than it does later, it is the individual who must provide a lot of effort long term
Results of a three-year Cleveland Clinic study indicate that bariatric surgery is more effective for treating Type 2 diabetes when compared to medication alone, even in patients who were not morbidly obese. The study followed 150 patients who were were overweight or mildly obese and had diabetes that was not well
Doctors who performed weight loss surgery on a 12-year-old girl from Texas said her health condition has already improved just a week after surgery. Surgeons at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center performed a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on 12-year-old Alexis Shapiro on March 21st. Once a normal weight child, Alexis rapidly gained
The documentary All of Me is available to view online via the PBS Independent Lens website until April 22, 2014. All of Me is a documentary that follows the "Girls". The “Girls” have been friends — and morbidly obese — for years. They met via the Austin chapter of the National Association to
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) released standards for the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). The Resources for Optimal Care of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patient 2014 document provides standards and pathways for accreditation of metabolic and bariatric surgery centers.
UC Davis Study Reveals That Obese Men Are Less likely To Seek Obesity Surgery Than Obese Women (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Even though obesity affects women and men equally, a UC Davis study shows that obese women are four times more likely than obese men to seek weight-loss surgery. When
What to Look for in Your Evaluation by Barbara Maxwell, RN, PhD Southwest Medical Psychology The decision to seek bariatric surgery-whether it is to try to get rid of all the pills, the high blood pressure, the diabetes, the sore and aching bones, or to actually prevent the onset of
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” Often attributed to the 5th Century BCE Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, I first heard this quote from my USMC(R) father when I was struggling with my weight in high school. I was a newly minted freshman on the
