Gastric Banding Surgery

By Donald Saunders There are several different types of weight loss surgery available today including the quite new surgical procedure of gastric lap banding which is gainng in popularity and is fast becoming the favorite choice for a significant number of severely overweight or morbidly obese individuals. But would you make a suitable candidate for gastric lap banding surgery? In providing an answer to this question we will start by presuming that you are suitable for weight loss... Read Full Story

So many Americans today suffer from obesity and the many medical conditions associated with it. Many of those who decide to lose the weight through diet and exercise are left in similar conditions without much change. Such is the case for recent Los Angeles gastric bypass surgery patient Lisa Arnold, 42, who said that her decision to undergo Los Angeles weight loss surgery despite its rare complications and necessary lifestyle changes was the result of many years of dieting without... Read Full Story

We live; in an age when more and more pe;ople are using surgery to improve; both their looks and lifestyle through a “nose job;” here and a “nip and tuck” there. We are also seeing an increasing number of; celebrities coming forward and ope;nly discussing their expe;rience of; weight loss surgery and how much easier it is to lose weight now with mode;rn surgical techniques such as laparoscopic ad;justab;le gastric banding. It’s pe;rhaps no surprise therefore to find that pe;ople are increasingly looking at weight loss... Read Full Story

Device Blocking Stomach Nerve Signals Shows Promise in ObesityA new implantable medical device, developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, shows promise as a reversible and less extreme alternative to existing bariatric surgeries, according to findings published in the current issue of the journal Surgery. In a six-month open label trial involving three medical centers in Australia, Mexico and Norway, the 31 obese participants who received the vagal nerve blocking device, also... Read Full Story

Do you wanna lose weight and you tried everything from dieting to exercise but still cant achive the weight you want and the stubborn fat still won’t come off? If you are overweight who battled with weight your entire adult life,Maybe Lap-Band surgery was the right choice for you. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure, most commonly referred to as the LAP-BAND System from JourneyLite is a adjustable gastric banding procedure that is the only adjustable and reversible weight... Read Full Story