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Expected weight loss after bariatric surgery
12/05/2009 – 16:33 | One Comment

How much weight will I lose after weight loss surgery?
Bariatric surgery for people with morbid obesity is associated with significant weight loss that is maintained for at least 8 years, whereas there is little sustained …

Tenfold rise in gastric band op for fat Scots
12/05/2009 – 16:28 | No Comment

THE number of obese Scots receiving radical surgery for weight loss is set to increase tenfold, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
A group of experts is considering expanding the number of treatments involving gastric bands from …

Surgeon warns of weight-loss surgery abroad
12/05/2009 – 15:54 | No Comment

An Aberdeen surgeon has warned of the dangers of people undergoing weight-loss surgery abroad, as he revealed that the number of procedures carried out in Scotland are set to soar 10-fold to keep up with …

What can I eat after weight loss surgery?
12/05/2009 – 15:17 | One Comment

There are a number of procedures that come under the heading bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery. The most common procedures are gastric bypass, gastric band/lap band, duodenal switch and sleeve gastrectomy/stomach stapling.
What you can …

New Incision-Free Procedure Leads To Weight Loss
07/05/2009 – 16:55 | No Comment

Amazing technology continues to change the way millions of obese Americans lose weight.
The latest is an incision-free procedure at the UCSD Medical Center to correct stomachs that have stretched in patients who had gastric bypass …

Health professionals discuss surgery in fight against obesity
07/05/2009 – 16:52 | No Comment

A Glasgow surgeon has said that gastric surgery can play a bigger part in the fight against obesity.
Dr Dave Galloway, a consultant surgeon at Gartnavel Hospital, is to tell a conference on obesity that procedures …

Bariatric surgery ‘tune up’
07/05/2009 – 16:44 | One Comment

What happens when the pounds start to add up again after bariatric surgery? You may be able to get a “tune up”.
HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo tells us about a new procedure that can help …

Benefits of Bariatric Surgery
07/05/2009 – 15:33 | No Comment

What are the Benefits of Bariatric Surgery?
Whilst there are medical treatments/weight reduction programmes widely available such as diets and weight loss drugs, there is plenty of evidence to establish that these rarely produce sustained major …

Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured?
07/05/2009 – 15:21 | 2 Comments

JoAnne Zoller Wagner’s diagnosis as prediabetic wasn’t enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
“I didn’t have that sense …

What is Morbid Obesity?
07/05/2009 – 13:33 | No Comment

Morbidly Obese Definition
Morbid obesity refers to individuals who are 50 – 100% above their ideal body weight.
The best way to measure how healthy someone’s weight is in relation to their height is to calculate their …

How much does weight loss surgery cost?
07/05/2009 – 13:02 | One Comment

What are the prices of weight loss surgery?
Prices for weight loss surgery sometimes known as bariatric surgery are very variable and it is often difficult to compare prices for different packages of care because some …

Can I get weight loss surgery on the NHS?
06/05/2009 – 14:50 | 3 Comments

It is possible to get weight loss surgery on the NHS but it is quickly becoming a postcode lottery as to where the treatment is available.
Despite National Institute for Clinical Exellence (NICE) guidelines that recommends …