GI Complaints Common 2 Years After Gastric Bypass GI Complaints Common 2 Years After Gastric Bypass
Abdominal pain, nausea, dysphagia, flatulence, and food intolerance are all relatively common, but the benefit/risk balance still needs to be worked out.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - December 22, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Weight loss surgery linked to gastrointestinal complaints
Amy WallaceWASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A study found many people who had gastric bypass surgery complained about gastrointestinal problems two years later, including indigestion and food intolerance. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weight loss surgery linked to gastrointestinal complaints
Laparoscopic gastric bypass is an effective treatment for obesity, but a new study finds that patients who undergo the surgery often complain of gastrointestinal problems. The study included 249 obese patients who underwent the surgery and 295 obese controls, all of whom completed a questionnaire. Surgical patients completed the questionnaire two years after surgery. Surgical patients often experienced indigestion. Also, food intolerance, especially for food with a high fat or sugar content and for red meat, was a common side-effect of the surgery: food intolerance for specific products was reported by 70.7 per cent of pos...
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Gastric Bypass Can Have Long-term Benefits for Adipose Tissue Gastric Bypass Can Have Long-term Benefits for Adipose Tissue
In obese women, protective changes in adipose tissue persist long after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), according to researchers at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - December 8, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
The influence of preoperative psychological factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery: a preliminary report - Lai C, Aceto P, Petrucci I, Castelnuovo G, Callari C, Giustacchini P, Sollazzi L, Mingrone G, Bellantone R, Raffaelli M.
Aim of this study was to investigate relationship between preoperative psychological factors and % total weight loss after gastric bypass. 76 adult patients scheduled for bariatric surgery were preoperatively asked to complete anxiety and depression Hamilt... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Bone Metabolism Increased After Gastric Bypass Bone Metabolism Increased After Gastric Bypass
Bone remodeling activation is significantly higher after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery compared with surgical sleeve gastrectomy, researchers in Finland report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - November 28, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Gastric Bypass May Confer Survival, Comorbidity Benefits Gastric Bypass May Confer Survival, Comorbidity Benefits
Bariatric surgery may shift a patient ' s survival curve, and it can improve obesity-related comorbidities, according to two longer-term studies.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 8, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Weight Loss Surgery May Reduce Risk of Developing Gout Weight Loss Surgery May Reduce Risk of Developing Gout
Obese people who have weight loss surgeries like gastric bypass are much less likely than those who don ' t have surgery to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, according to a Swedish study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 4, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Weight loss surgery may reduce risk of developing gout
(Reuters Health) - Obese people who have weight loss surgeries like gastric bypass are much less likely than those who don ’t have surgery to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, according to a Swedish study. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Gastric Bypass May Bring Infant Nutrition Deficits
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - September 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Gastric Bypass May Bring Infant Nutrition Deficits
A study suggests that infants born to women who've had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are more likely to be smaller and have nutritional deficiencies at birth. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nutritional Deficits in Babies After Maternal Gastric Bypass Nutritional Deficits in Babies After Maternal Gastric Bypass
A maternal gastric-bypass procedure prior to pregnancy increases the risk of the baby being born small for gestational age and having nutritional deficiencies, despite supplementation in the mother.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 23, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Distal vs Standard Gastric Bypass in Severe Obesity Distal vs Standard Gastric Bypass in Severe Obesity
For patients with an extremely high BMI, distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is no more effective than the standard procedure, and is associated with serious adverse effects, researchers in Norway report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 23, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Suicide, self-harm, and depression after gastric bypass surgery: a nationwide cohort study - Lagerros YT, Brandt L, Hedberg J, Sundbom M, Bod én R.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine risk of self-harm, hospitalization for depression and death by suicide after gastric bypass surgery (GBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Concerns regarding severe adverse psychiatric outcomes after GBP have bee... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Maternal gastric bypass may be associated with low birth weight babies
Women who undergo gastric bypass surgery for weight loss risk giving birth to babies that are small or have lower average birth weights. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 10, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
