As the number of bariatric surgeries increases each year, bariatric surgeons become more competitive … and creative. I just stumbled across a video on YouTube from a surgeon who provides Lap-Band surgery in Mexico. Then I noticed that several more weight loss surgery centers are doing the same thing, creating commercials / infomercials to promote [...]
Lap Band Surgery in Mexico – On YouTube
June 30, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Lap Band Surgery in Los Angeles – New Surgery Center
June 27, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
NewHope Bariatrics Opens First Obesity Treatment Center in Los Angeles Centers Will Focus on Adjustable Gastric Banding in an Outpatient Settin CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NewHope Bariatrics announced today the opening of its first Ambulatory Surgery Center focused on the treatment of obesity through adjustable gastric banding. The center is based in Los Angeles. The Medical Director [...]
Gastric Sleeve Gets News Coverage
June 25, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
The gastric sleeve (also known as a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy) has been getting an increasing amount of news coverage lately. The most recent story I’ve stumbled across is this one in the Palm Beach Post online. This article explains how gastric sleeve surgeries work to reduce the patient’s weight. The article also points out the [...]
FDA Conducts Lap-Band Surgery Study
June 23, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will conduct a Lap Band surgery study for overweight adolescents. In recent years, Lap Band surgeries (a form of weight loss surgery using the FDA-approved LAP-BAND® System) have exploded in popularity. As a result, the FDA wants to know how effective this type of surgery is [...]
Patient Writes Book on Bariatric Surgery
June 23, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
A Wisconsin woman who underwent bariatric weight-loss surgery has written a book on such surgeries. Lori Popp lost plenty of weight as the result of her surgery, but she also acquired an infection as a complication of bariatric surgery. So in the author’s case, weight loss surgery came with both great benefits and serious complications. [...]
Obesity Update: New Science Program on Obesity
June 23, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Charlie Rose Science Series Explores the Growing Obesity Epidemic Episode Six of Science Series Examines Obesity’s Causes, Effects on the Population, and Prevention and Treatment Measures NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire/ — The upcoming episode of the “Charlie Rose Science Series” on PBS features an in-depth analysis and discussion of the growing problem of obesity [...]
Obesity Survey Sheds Light On Self-Perception
June 21, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
New Obesity Survey: Many Americans Think They’re ‘Lighter’ Than They Are, Most NOT Being Told by a Doctor They Need to Lose Weight Consumers Divided: Most Believe Obesity is a Serious Disease, But Half Attribute it to a Lack of Willpower, Treatment Options Carry Stigma WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to the Centers for [...]
