Children born to moms who had the procedure before pregnancy have healthier hearts and less risk of obesity than their siblings born before the mom had surgery.
An overweight woman who has weight-loss surgery before becoming …

Weight-loss surgery could help women – but not men – reduce their risk of cancer, research suggests.
Obesity is known to increase the risk of many types of cancer, but it was unclear whether surgery to …

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) describes the repetitive pausing of breathing that occurs during sleep as a result of the breathing passageway or airway collapsing at the back of the throat and tongue. The …

Laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGB) surgery with resultant weight loss improves urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms and quality of life in morbidly obese women, according to a report in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (2009; published …

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Five years ago, MTV told the story of an Augusta woman who weighed nearly 600 pounds. They followed her journey as she went through gastric bypass surgery.
“I really can’t believe these were …

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 …

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 …

A woman from Northampton, who doctors gave no chance of having a baby, is celebrating after her gastric band operation helped her get pregnant for a second time.
Charlene Cooper, aged 24, was diagnosed with polycystic …

Having weight loss surgery will help you to lose some of your excess weight which could be stopping you being able to conceive naturally.
Losing weight helps to make your menstrual cycle more regular and increases …

Mr David Kendrick, Vita Clinic’s National Bariatric Psychologist explained at the West Midlands National Obesity Forum’s Regional meeting on 20th April 2009 how crucial it was that patients suffering from morbid obesity had access to …

SUZANNE Gregory cuddles the £8,000 baby she thought she would never have – after weight-loss surgery cured her of infertility.
The 36-year-old, from Bradwell, near Sheffield, who tipped the scales at 19 stone, was told by …

Screening for ovarian cancer picked up 90 per cent of cases of the ’silent killer’ making widespread testing feasible scientists said.
Ovarian cancer is very difficult to detect early because of vague symptoms leading many experts …