Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. There are multiple approaches to Bariatric Surgery, including gastric bypass, stomach stapling, and lap bands.
I was on YouTube and did a search for sleeve gastrectomy. I found a video from a medical group that is a good explanation of the procedure. I'm not promoting the medical group and don't know anything about them, but the video is informative for someone who wants to know a little about it.
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Getting rid of Local Fat through Liposuction
There are many people who are not really obese, or even overweight, but have fat in the regions of the buttocks, the knees, and the thighs which they cannot get rid of even with targeted exercises. There are other areas of the body such as the abdomen or the chin or the cheeks from where getting rid of stubborn fatty tissues is difficult... Read Full Story
Obesity is a serious and rapidly increasing medical problem. Bariatric surgery is the only effective long-term treatment for morbid obesity and the performance of this surgery has risen dramatically during the years. Bariatric Surgery: A Primer for Your medicine is a workable, practical reference text that provides all the necessary information that the nursing staff should assist in the selection of patients and preoperative evaluation and recommendations in addressing complex... Read Full Story
In the past decade or so, there have been explosive increases in both the incidence of severe obesity and weight loss (bariatric) surgery. It has been shown that the incidence of bariatric surgical procedures has increased over 600% in the last decade. It is estimated that approximately 200,000 Americans (and another 200,000 adults world wide) will undergo a bariatric operation in 2006. This dramatic increase in operative cases is in part a testament to the safety and efficacy of the... Read Full Story
Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes Patients who dropped most pounds went off diabetes meds and into remission, study found
WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss plays a major role in improving diabetes after obese patients have stomach-reduction surgery, say Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Previous studies have suggested that gastric bypass surgery -- which re-routes how food is sent from the stomach to the small intestine -- helps... Read Full Story
