Diabetes
Charcot foot operations help diabetes patients walk normally again
A growing number of diabetics are being diagnosed with a debilitating foot deformity called Charcot foot.
May 29, 2015
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News tagged with morbid obesity
Surgery
Malnourished patients are more likely to suffer postoperative complications than morbidly obese patients
Malnourished patients are more likely to have complications following total knee or hip replacement surgeries than morbidly obese patients,according to new research from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at ...
Mar 30, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Post-bariatric surgery weight loss may ease knee pain
(HealthDay)—Current evidence, though limited, suggests that bariatric surgery with subsequent marked weight loss may reduce knee complaints in morbidly obese adults, according to research published online Dec. 8 in Obesity ...
Dec 14, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity link to increased risk for orthopedic conditions and surgical complications
Obesity affects individual patient care, the healthcare system and nearly every organ in the body. People with obesity often have other health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, certain tumors and cancers, and psychiatric ...
Oct 20, 2014
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Diabetes
Body clock link could aid obesity treatments
Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered that the body clock plays an important role in body fat. Their findings are helping develop new ways of treating obesity and the fatal diseases linked to being overweight.
Sep 4, 2014
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Diabetes
UK 'should offer surgery to 800,000 obese diabetics'
Some 800,000 people in Britain with type 2 diabetes could be offered weight-loss surgery by the state-run National Health Service (NHS) under new draft guidance published on Friday.
Jul 11, 2014
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Surgery
Weight loss surgery also safeguards obese people against cancer
Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed unhealthy extra pounds. It reduces their risk of cancer to rates almost similar to those of people of normal weight. This is the ...
Jun 4, 2014
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Health
Obese employees cost employers thousands in extra medical costs
A new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion finds that, on average, a morbidly obese employee costs an employer over $4,000 more per year in health care and related costs than an employee who is of normal weight.
May 14, 2014
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Cardiology
Chest complaints more costly in obese patients
(HealthDay)—Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased cost of care and longer hospital stays for patients who present to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnea, according to research published ...
Mar 8, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds obesity during pregnancy is risk factor for long-term cardiovascular morbidity
In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in New Orleans, researchers will report that obesity during pregnancy is an independent risk factor ...
Feb 3, 2014
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