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In Surveys, Obesity Is As Dangerous To The Public As Cancer

... A new survey by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and NORC at the University of Chicago finds that 81 ... with obesity," said John M. Morton, MD, MPH, chief of bariatric and minimally invasive surgery at Stanford University School of ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2016 - 9:59am - 0 attachments

More Evidence That 'healthy Obesity' May Be A Myth

... all of the obese subjects were scheduled to undergo bariatric surgery, so the findings may only apply to individuals with severe ... his collaborators will track the study participants after bariatric surgery to determine whether weight loss normalizes gene expression ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2016 - 11:18am - 0 attachments

Vitamin D Levels Linked To Weight-loss Surgery Outcomes

... research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery, who led the research. Specifically, the researchers found that patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the United States during winter -- January to March, the ... study, researchers reviewed records of more than 930,000 bariatric operations performed in the United States between 2001 and 2010. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 23 2015 - 8:45am - 0 attachments

Sperm Carries Information About Dad's Weight

... of obesity or lifestyle, which yielded the look at how bariatric surgery affects sperm epigenetics and discovery that weight is the ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2015 - 3:27pm - 0 attachments

You Can't Run It Off

... I was treating at least (I was the medical doctor in a bariatric surgery office, so all the patients were at least 100 pounds over ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Oct 27 2015 - 10:54pm - 0 attachments

Gene Therapy For Weight Loss Without Bone Loss

... potential for being far less invasive than something like bariatric surgery," Turner said. "But it's forever. It seems like a very ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2015 - 1:26pm - 0 attachments

Is Diabetes A Surgical Condition?

... “ What does it take to get referred to a bariatric surgeon in this town? ”   I ’ ... disorder until about 6 years ago, when I learned about bariatric surgery at an American Diabetes Association meeting. I was lucky ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 8:54pm - 0 attachments

Math, Time and Obesity

... just starts sooner. The graph has the same shape for bariatric surgery studies,  the trend is just much steeper and swifter on ...

Blog Post - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 8:46pm - 0 attachments

Are All Weight Loss Doctors Quacks?

... member of both at different times. The American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) is mostly geared toward helping primary care ... for when to use medications and when to consult bariatric surgeons are taught. The society promotes best practices, advocates ...

Blog Post - Ignatius Brady - Jul 27 2015 - 9:47am - 0 attachments

Naloxone: Clinicians Reluctant To Prescribe Medication That Counteracts Effects Of Opioid Overdose

... use of prescription painkillers continues following bariatric surgery. In Colorado, the health plan is a member of the Colorado ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2015 - 1:29pm - 0 attachments