Tag Archives: bariatric surgery

Is Weight Loss Surgery Beneficial to Diabetes Patients?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by tbgweightloss

New evidence of the beneficial effect of bariatric surgery, (weight loss surgery) on patients with diabetes was presented at the American Surgical Association meeting in Indianapolis. Results from a single-centre study that monitored 217 patients with type 2 diabetes who … Continue reading →

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Could a Post Bariatric Surgery Diet Improve Diabetes?

Posted on April 5, 2013 by tbgweightloss

New research from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, has suggested that patients with type 2 diabetes who are put on a strict diet, similar to the one that patients have to follow after undergoing bariatric surgery, are just … Continue reading →

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Bariatric Surgeries are on the Rise

Posted on February 25, 2013 by tbgweightloss

As obesity rates continue to grow, the number of patients that undergo weight loss surgery is also on the rise, the latest statistics from the NHS Information Centre have shown. In 2011/2012, 8,790 patients went through procedures such as stomach … Continue reading →

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Should Overweight Kids Be Offered Bariatric Surgery?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by tbgweightloss

The problem with childhood obesity in the UK can only be solved with radical measures, including offering gastric bypass surgery to children, Dr David Haslam, the head of the National Obesity Forum, has warned. He explained that currently weight loss … Continue reading →

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Could Exercise Prevent Weight loss Surgery Patients Becoming Depressed?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by tbgweightloss

Bariatric patients who become physically active after the surgery are less likely to suffer from depression, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. In fact, researchers found that being physically active for … Continue reading →

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Bariatric Surgery Becomes Hospital Priority

Posted on February 18, 2013 by tbgweightloss

The Countess of Chester Hospital has begun the construction of a new building which will accommodate critically ill patients as well as providing a weight loss surgery service for the morbidly obese from the Cheshire, Wirral and Greater Manchester area, … Continue reading →

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Can Weight Loss Surgery Reverse Diabetes Damage?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by tbgweightloss

Whilst weight loss surgery has already been linked to an improvement in patients suffering from diabetes, a new study carried out in the UK has associated the surgery with a reversal in the renal and retinal complications of diabetes, Medscape … Continue reading →

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Can Teens Benefit From Weight Loss Surgery?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by tbgweightloss

Weight loss surgery can help morbidly obese teenagers to improve their heart condition and reverse some of the negative effects of obesity on their cardiovascular system, according to a new small-scale US research, published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. … Continue reading →

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Bariatric Surgery Helps Teenager Lose 5 Stone

Posted on February 5, 2013 by tbgweightloss

When she was just 16-years-old, Emma Money, from Leeds, was considered as unhealthy as an adult who smoked 100 cigarettes per day, according to her doctors. The reason was that she was morbidly obese and tipped the scales at 21 … Continue reading →

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Could Counselling Improve Bariatric Surgery Results?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by tbgweightloss

According to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, weight loss surgery patients can improve their results if they have physical activity counselling before and after … Continue reading →

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