In order to publish relevant news and information to this bariatric surgery website, I am frequently perusing news websites such as Google, Yahoo, PRWeb and others. In all the stories I encounter about bariatric weight-loss surgery, one topic comes up more than most — insurance coverage for weight loss surgery. We have covered this topic [...]
Insurance Coverage for Weight Loss Surgery
August 24, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Two Studies: Weight Loss Surgery Extends Lives
August 23, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Ask any formerly morbidly obese person what his or her life would have been like without weight loss surgery, and they would probably tell you “shorter.” Weight loss surgeons, and many patients, have long suspected that weight loss surgery prolongs the life of morbidly obese patients by reducing the chance of an early, obesity-related death. [...]
Bariatric Surgical Society Takes on New Name and Mission
August 22, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Metabolic Surgery Expected to Play Bigger Role in Treating Type 2 Diabetes And Other Metabolic Diseases GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Bariatric surgery is known to be the most effective and long lasting treatment for morbid obesity and many related conditions, but now mounting evidence suggests it may be among the most effective treatments [...]
Nutrition Expert Discusses Lap Band Surgery in Teen
August 16, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Keith-Thomas Ayoob, an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC, has weighed in on bariatric surgery in children. His commentary comes in the wake of the 12-year-old Texas girl who had liposuction and then Lap-Band surgery in Mexico. The 12-year-old girl, often referred to as the “Lap [...]
The Chronicles of a Gastric Bypass Surgery
August 15, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
We frequently encounter news stories online related to bariatric weight-loss surgery, and we do our best to cover as many of them as possible on this blog. But few stories go into as much detail or provide as much coverage of the patient’s experience as does this story on TwinCities.com. Kudos to the editorial staff [...]
Good Article on Lap-Band Surgery
August 11, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
In my weekly “crawl” for articles and information on bariatric weight-loss surgery, I stumbled across this article on the Albuquerque Tribune’s website. The article gives a good overview of Lap-Band surgery, offering info on typical results after surgery, what to expect, etc. Here’s an excerpt: “Since these procedures are minimally invasive thanks to advances in [...]
The Impact of Obesity on Bones
August 10, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
When you consider the negative health impact obesity has on the body, the first things that come to mind are usually high blood pressure, heart disease and even diabetes. The “usual suspects” of obesity. But we don’t always consider the effect that obesity has on bones … or, for that matter, how bones relate to [...]
12 Year Old Lap-Band Girl a Celebrity?
August 8, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Yesterday I saw a CNN story about the 12 year old girl who underwent Lap Band surgery recently. I meant to blog about the story yesterday but forgot. Then I got a reminder this morning when her story appeared on another news channel. Apparently, she is becoming quite the celebrity. But this is actually the [...]
