When dieting and exercise aren't enough, weight-loss surgery can be an effective obesity treatment. But people who don't want surgery have other options, including insertion of an appetite-suppressing balloon or other implant ...
Apr 6, 2022
0
101
People with severe obesity and knee osteoarthritis are advised to attempt weight loss before total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as it could reduce complications of joint surgery, according to a study published online April 14 ...
Apr 15, 2022
0
27
Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat or reverse type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients. Many achieve remission of diabetes following surgery and no longer require diabetes medications. This observation ...
Aug 19, 2020
0
159
Among surgeries for obesity, a newer, increasingly popular procedure called sleeve gastrectomy provides more weight loss to high-risk, severely obese patients than adjustable gastric banding, a new study suggests.
May 3, 2012
0
0
John Gunstad, an associate professor in Kent State University's Department of Psychology, and a team of researchers have discovered a link between weight loss and improved memory and concentration. The study shows that bariatric ...
Apr 12, 2011
2
0
I sometimes consult with overweight patients who are considering bariatric (weight loss) surgery. For some individuals, the need to take specific vitamin and mineral supplements for the rest of their lives is not an easy ...
Nov 5, 2021
0
1
It's been slightly more than a year since Jonathan Akinrele, 23, underwent weight-loss surgery, and so far, so good.
Apr 28, 2022
0
3
A new University of Alberta study shows that losing weight before knee replacement surgery doesn't lead to better outcomes for patients.
Jan 28, 2021
0
4
Among obese participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus, bariatric surgery with 2 years of a low-level lifestyle intervention resulted in more disease remission than did lifestyle intervention alone, according to a study published ...
Jul 1, 2015
0
8
For patients undergoing weight loss (bariatric) surgery, losing at least 8 percent of excess weight just one month before the procedure directly impacts their ability to shed even more pounds in the year following surgery, ...
Feb 2, 2018
0
28
