Gastric bypass surgery is performed to help morbidly obese patients lose significant amounts of weight.
A revolutionary surgical approach, allowing for incisionless surgery, is the next step in the evolution of minimally invasive surgery.
Sleeve gastrectomy is a weight loss procedure in which a large part of the stomach known as the greater curve is surgically removed to restrict food intake.
LAP-BAND® is an adjustable gastric banding system used to facilitate gradual weight loss in morbidly obese patients.
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Researachers from Harvard and MIchigan have concluded that the health consequences of obesity in our population will offset the health gains made by a significant reduction in smoking in our population. The conclusion in this study was that the increase in life expectancy that our population should experience as a result of decreasing smoking behavior, [...]
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
A dramatic study, published in the British Medical Journal, revealed that teens with obesity had a similar risk of premature death as those who smoked half a pack of cigarretes a day. In this study, nearly 46,000 Swedish men were followed over 38 years. The men who were obese at age 18 were two times more [...]
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