Women who had gastric bypass more likely to deliver dangerously underweight babies
A gastric bypass is thought to be one of the only effective ways for people with severe obesity to lose weight. But despite the benefits, patients tend to suffer from vitamin deficiency after. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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More evidence gastric bypass surgery leads to sustained weight loss
This study suggests that the vast majority of patients interested in bariatric surgery, especially gastric bypass, should be able to lose a significant amount of weight with gastric bypass and keep that weight off for a very long time,” Maciejewski said.
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More Evidence Gastric Bypass Surgery Helps People Lose Weight And Keep It Off
This study suggests that the vast majority of patients interested in bariatric surgery, especiallygastric bypass, should be able to lose a significant amount of weight with gastric bypass and keep that weight off for a very long time,” Maciejewski said.
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Arefa MD's Morning Report: Gastric Bypass, LABAs, New FDA Warning Arefa MD's Morning Report: Gastric Bypass, LABAs, New FDA Warning
Dr Arefa Cassoobhoy provides a quick rundown of this week ' s news on long-term effects of gastric bypass surgery, safety of LABAs, and a new black box warning from the FDA.Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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Teleflex to close N.C. plant, lay off 104
Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) is looking to shutter a North Carolina facility, with plans to lay off 104 employees at the facility.
The company’s Ashboro subsidiary Arrow said in May it had plans to lay off 84 employees at the facility, and filed again last month with plans to lay off another 20. The layoffs are expected to go into effect in October.
The company said it had 635 employees in Asheboro when it originally announced the impending closure in 2014.
The layoffs come as the company plans to move its manufacturing operation from Asheboro to Mexico and the Czech Republic, according to a Triangle Business Journal report. The...
Source: Mass Device - September 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Teleflex Source Type: news
Gastric bypass is better than other procedures for sustainable weight loss
(Duke University Medical Center) Gastric bypass surgery is more effective for weight loss and long-term weight maintenance than are other surgical procedures and non-surgical treatment, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Health and the Durham VA Medical Center. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Gastric Bypass is Better than Other Procedures for Sustainable Weight Loss
Contact: Amara Omeokwe Phone: 919-681-4239 Email:amara.omeokwe@duke.eduhttps://www.dukehealth.orgEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE until 11 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday, August 31, 2016DURHAM, N.C. -- Gastric bypass surgery is more effective for weight loss and long-term weight maintenance than are other surgical procedures and non-surgical treatment, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Health and the Durham VA Medical Center.The study ’s findings, published Aug. 31 in the journal JAMA Surgery, are based on the analysis of ten years of medical records for veterans who underwent one of three different weight-loss surgery proc...
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10-Year Data Show Lasting Weight Loss With Bariatric Surgery 10-Year Data Show Lasting Weight Loss With Bariatric Surgery
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery yielded greater, more sustained weight loss over 10 years compared with no surgery, a Veterans Affairs study showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
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Weight Reduction from Bariatric Surgery Sustained for 10 Years (FREE)
By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with significant and sustained long-term weight loss, according to a JAMA Surgery … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
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Weight-Loss Surgery Sheds Pounds Long Term
10-year follow-up study finds many who had gastric bypass kept weight off (Source: WebMD Health)
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Weight-Loss Surgery Sheds Pounds Long Term
10-year follow-up study finds many who had gastric bypass kept weight off
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Weight loss following bariatric surgery sustained long-term
Obese patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) lost much more weight than those who did not and were able to sustain most of this weight loss 10 years after surgery, according to a study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
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The world ’ s formerly fattest man to get a second pro-bono surgery
A team of doctors is scheduled to operate Wednesday on Paul Mason, who was once the world's fattest man. At Mason’s heaviest, he weighed 981 pounds. After gastric bypass surgery in 2010, he began to lose weight. He has since lost 658 pounds. His saga attracted a lot of media interest. TLC aired a documentary about him. […]Related:Ebola stayed in the semen of one man for 565 daysCenters for Disease Control will run out of money to fight Zika in U.S. next monthThese futuristic contact lenses dispense drugs while you wear them (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
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New Study Pokes Hole In The Idea Of 'Healthy Obesity'
The most current conventional wisdom among doctors and obesity researchers goes something like this: While people who are obese are at high risk for metabolic syndrome ― a constellation of symptoms that increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and more ― there is also a significant group of obese people who are totally healthy and will remain healthy. This so-called “healthy obese” idea has been somewhat controversial ― a departure from decades of medical science that held obesity will, more often than not, had adverse effects on health.
Now new genetic research from scientists...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Study Pokes Hole In The Idea Of 'Healthy Obesity'
The most current conventional wisdom among doctors and obesity researchers goes something like this: While people who are obese are at high risk for metabolic syndrome ― a constellation of symptoms that increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and more ― there is also a significant group of obese people who are totally healthy and will remain healthy. This so-called “healthy obese” idea has been somewhat controversial ― a departure from decades of medical science that held obesity will, more often than not, had adverse effects on health.
Now new genetic research from scientists...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
