May 22, 2007 at 12:23 pm | Surgery News
We have blogged in the past about articles and news stories discussing weight loss surgery for teens. This seems to a popular topic within the world of bariatric weight-loss surgery. In fact, the National Institutes of Health recently announced their intentions to study bariatric surgery in adolescents.
Yesterday there was a new article posted online at HamptonRoads.org, a news website for the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. This article is about an 18-year-old Chesapeake teen who underwent bariatric surgery (gastric bypass) and lost 170 pounds.
Story excerpt:
Dr. Stephen Wohlgemuth, the surgeon who performed Ray’s procedure, said the reason he started performing the weight-reduction surgeries on teens was simple: The growing number of obese children. About one in every five adolescents is overweight, according to federal research.
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Related article: LAP-BAND Surgery for Obese Teenagers Â
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May 21, 2007 at 6:52 am | New Article
We’ve posted a new article to the bariatric articles section that discusses the various options you have when choosing a weight-loss surgery.
This is an excellent article for anyone who is just beginning to research weight-loss surgery, because it introduces the most common types of surgical procedures for weight loss (a.k.a. bariatric surgery).
This article explains surgery with the LAP-BAND System, the Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery, and more.
Read the article here
If you are just beginning to research your bariatric surgery options, be sure to visit this blog often. We publish news and articles at least once a week. You may also wish to visit our ever-growing glossary of bariatric terms.
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May 20, 2007 at 10:27 am | Gastric Bypass, Surgery News
We have written before about the connection between diabetes and bariatric surgery. Here’s an update on that topics.
A recent story over at DiabetesHealth.com talks about the positive effects of bariatric weight-loss surgery on patients who have diabetes. This story focuses on gastric bypass surgery and cites a study of thousands of gastric bypass patients who, as a result of their surgery, had a reversal of their type 2 diabetes.
Story excerpt:
Researchers initially thought that weight loss caused the remission of type 2, but new findings are pointing to hormonal and metabolic changes caused by the surgery.
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May 18, 2007 at 7:16 am | Lap Band Surgery
I just stumbled across an online article that does a good job explaining surgery with the LAP-BAND ® System. This article talks about bariatric surgery in general, which paved the way for the LAP-BAND ® device and surgical procedure.
It also explains, although briefly, how the procedure works toward reducing a patient’s appetite and weight.
Read the article here
And don’t forget, we have dozens of similar articles on weight-loss surgery (including an informative piece about the LAP-BAND®).
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May 18, 2007 at 7:08 am | Surgery News
We have blogged in the past about insurance covering bariatric surgery. Well, in Canada, it seems some prominent hospitals are willing to pay for certain instances of bariatric weight-loss surgery — 100 of them — and they are calling on the government to pay for more.
Story excerpt:
Health officials agreed to pay for the procedure after Calgary surgeons performed 25 lap-band surgeries as part of a pilot project that ended in early January. On average, the patients in the pilot project lost 55 pounds over an eight-month period and some diabetic patients were able to come off their medication.
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