Surgery
Could drugs replace gastric bypass surgery?
Gastric bypass surgery is one of the most successful treatments for obesity and related disorders; however, some patients may not want to undergo surgery.
Feb 8, 2017
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Surgery
Good long-term results of obesity surgery in young people
Bariatric surgery on teenagers gives results that are equally as good as for adults, but the operations carries complications. Five years after surgery, the patients weighed on average 28 per cent less than beforehand, a ...
Jan 13, 2017
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Surgery
Circulating fatty acids ratio may help predict bariatric weight loss surgery outcome
New findings published online in The FASEB Journal, may one day help clinicians predict the outcome of roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgerysurgery. In a study involving a small number of patients, researchers found that the serum ...
Jan 10, 2017
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Surgery
Gastric bypass helps severely obese teenagers maintain weight loss over long term
Gastric bypass surgery helps severely obese teenagers lose weight and keep it off, according to the first long-term follow-up studies of teenagers who had undergone the procedure 5-12 years earlier. However, the two studies, ...
Jan 6, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
Gastric sleeve may become the new gold standard for morbid obesity
For many patients suffering from severe obesity, a gastric sleeve (reducing the stomach) is an ideal alternative to a gastric bypass (bypassing the stomach and the first part of the intestine), which is currently the preferred ...
Dec 21, 2016
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Surgery
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.
Dec 19, 2016
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Cardiology
Social networking by doctors may save patients' lives, study suggests
To get the best results for patients, it may pay for their doctors to heed the words of legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler: the team, the team, the team.
Nov 8, 2016
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Cardiology
Stents, bypass surgery equally safe and effective for many with left main heart disease
A major international study has found that drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass surgery, are as effective as surgery for many patients with a blockage in the left main coronary artery.
Oct 31, 2016
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Surgery
Surgical repair of phrenic nerve injury improves breathing
A study led by UCLA researchers found that in people with breathing difficulties caused by phrenic nerve injury surgical reconstruction of the nerve can lead to significant improvement in breathing and an increase in regular ...
Oct 25, 2016
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Cardiology
Stent, bypass outcomes better for those who stick to medical therapy
Patients who had a stent procedure or heart bypass surgery and continued with their prescribed medical therapy had significantly better outcomes than non-adherent patients, according to a study published today in the journal ...
Oct 24, 2016
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