Press Release Two years after teens undergo bariatric surgery for morbid obesity, abnormalities in their hearts that put them at increased risk for heart attacks in adulthood were dramatically reduced, thanks to significant weight loss. A Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study shows that the size of the left ventricle in morbidly obese teens dramatically [...]
Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery Reverses Heart Abnormalities in Obese Teens
November 25, 2009 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery and Diabetes – Does it Help?
November 5, 2009 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been in the news a lot lately, mainly because it has the potential to help with diabetes in some patients. I am reluctant to use the word “cure” at this point, like a lot of bariatric surgery websites have been doing. But this particular type of bypass surgery does seem [...]
