We have started a new type of blog post / reporting to bring you some informative bariatric websites from all over the Web. Each time we cover a bariatric website here on the blog, we will also add it to the Bariatric Resources section of the site to keep an ongoing list. Today, we are [...]
Too Young for Weight-Loss Surgery?
May 12, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
An Indiana news affiliate recently ran a story about the age factor in weight-loss surgery. The story chronicles the persistent weight problems of a 17-year-old girl, and her ultimate decision to undergo bariatric weight-loss surgery. Specifically, the patient in this story underwent LAP-BAND surgery to reduce her stomach capacity (and lose weight as a result). [...]
Bariatric Surgery Program on TLC
May 10, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
TLC is introducing a 13-part series called Big Medicine. It will chronicle the work of a father-and-son team of bariatric surgeons as they conduct weight-loss surgeries on obese patients at Houston’s Methodist Weight Management Center. The show premieres on Monday, May 28 at 9:00 (Eastern / Pacific). Here’s the full release: Father & Son Surgeon [...]
Texas Man Loses 100 Pounds with Bariatric Surgery
May 10, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
There’s a story in the Monterey Herald about a man who turned to bariatric surgery (specifically, a gastric bypass) to lose weight for health reasons. Largely as a result of his weight, the man suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes. I thought I would share this article because it goes into a lot of [...]
LAP-BAND Bariatric Surgery Seminars in Tucson and Phoenix
May 5, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Doctor Terry Simpson Holding LAP-BAND Bariatric Surgery Seminars in Tucson & Phoenix “The Weight Loss Doctor” Talks With Current Patients and New Candidates for LAP-BAND Procedure PHOENIX, AZ — (MARKET WIRE) — 05/04/07 — Dr. Terry Simpson, one of the leading LAP-BAND bariatric surgeons in the Western United States, is hosting a bariatric surgery seminar [...]
Benefits and Risks of Teen Weight-Loss Surgery
May 4, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
I recently blogged about the affects of weight-loss surgery on diabetes. CNN Health recently ran a similar story. The CNN piece talks about a seventeen-year-old girl who had weight-loss surgery that not only helped her shed 296 pounds, but also sent her diabetes into remission. An excerpt: “We know bariatric surgery is effective for weight-loss. [...]
Obesityhelp, INC to Attend Weight-Loss Surgery Conference
May 4, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Obesityhelpâ„¢ INC. Journeys to Orlando Regional Conference to Support Pre and Post-Operative Weight Loss Surgery Patients Nutrition, relationships, body contouring and fitness will be discussed at the ObesityHelpâ„¢ Regional Conference in Orlando, Florida, Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the Double Tree Castle Hotel, 8629 International Drive, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., when experts speak to [...]
Bariatric Surgery and Diabetes
May 4, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
A Reuters Health story (covered here on Yahoo News) discusses the potential of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery increasing the body’s receptiveness to insulin. This would be good news for weight-loss surgery patients who also have diabetes. An excerpt: To investigate, Carroll and her team have been following 37 lap band patients for up to one [...]
