WEIGHING anything up to 55 stone and with a life expectancy of just three to five years, one group of patients are desperate to take advantage of a new service at Hexham General Hospital.
The morbidly …

Many people want to lose some weight for one reason or another. For some, it may be as simple as losing a few extra pounds so they can fit into their holiday clothes more comfortably.
But …

When it comes to corporate wellbeing programmes, a discount at the local gym or a regular chair massage might be what springs to mind, but all that is changing. Jeff Archer explains.
The 21st century face …

Kristy Tenio struggled with infertility for years after being diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
But then she decided to pursue a radical treatment – weight loss surgery.
Kristy Tenio is a changed woman
Looking at photos of …

JOHN DALY, renowned for his ‘grip it and rip it’ approach, is now having to drip it and sip it.
Golf’s Wild Thing, 42, has revealed it takes him an hour to drink a beer.
He has …

The number of Lincolnshire patients so obese they need surgery has rocketed in the past two years.
In 2006 just two patients were referred to a consultant to be considered for bariatric surgery – procedures such …

A 30-STONE woman in Tameside Hospital for a gastric bypass operation felt she was in a freak show.
Janice Barnardo was its first patient to elect for the surgery to lose weight. However, shortcomings there and …

NHS spending on obesity has soared more than sevenfold in three years, figures show.
High demand for stomach surgery for obese patients as well as the cost of specialist equipment – such as larger examination couches …

Vita Clinics exhibited and also presented a seminar at the Govnet sponsored National Obesity Conference in London on 26th March 2009. This was a part of Vita Clinic’s national strategy in terms of helping to …

CORPUS CHRISTI — For gastric bypass patient Edward Wuest, walking without exhausting himself is a blessing.
“I have a lot more endurance now,” he said. “I stand for 10 to 12 hours a day. Now, I’m …

The number of patients opting to undergo surgery to achieve weight loss has soared, as growing public awareness about obesity leads to an increase in stomach stapling and gastric bypasses.
Spire Healthcare, Britain’s second-biggest private hospital …

As the incidence of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus continues to increase worldwide, medical research indicates that weight loss surgery to reduce obesity can completely eliminate all manifestations of diabetes.
In a study published in the …