A recent article on the Detroit News website covers the story of Vanessa Bell Armstrong, famed gospel singer and weight-loss surgery patient. Vanessa underwent a gastric bypass surgery a few years ago, and since then she has lost nearly 60 pounds. Story excerpt: Now, shortly after releasing her latest album, “Walking Miracle,” Armstrong is publicly [...]
Gastric Bypass Surgery as Diabetes Treatment?
May 20, 2007 | © 2012, Brandon Cornett, All rights reserved
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 [...]
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 [...]
