News tagged with stomach stapling surgery
Stomach stapling may lower cancer risk in women
(AP) -- Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Stomach pacemaker could help obese lose weight
(AP) -- Patrick Hetzner tried diets and exercise, just about everything short of stomach stapling to lose weight. Nothing worked. Five months ago he tried something new: a stomach pacemaker that curbed his ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Excess stomach removed via mouth, novel weight loss surgery a U.S. first
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have achieved what is believed to be the nation?s first stomach reduction via the mouth. The novel weight loss procedure, known as a ...
Aug 12, 2010 |
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Diabetics eye obesity surgery to tame blood sugar
(AP) -- For nearly a decade, Cristina Iaboni tried to tame her diabetes the usual way, through daily shots of insulin and other medicine.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Diabetics show alarming increase in morbid obesity
A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetics is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight.
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Behavioral nutrition is one weapon in obesity fight
Want your children to eat less? Let them serve themselves. They probably won't dole out a supersize portion on their own.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Wave of the future: Portable ultrasound scanners in the ER can save lives by expediting diagnosis
All too often, a stethoscope and a doctor's touch are still the primary tools for diagnosing emergency-room patients. UC Irvine physician Chris Fox aims to change that.
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Obesity surgery thins bones, but enough to break?
(AP) -- It isn't just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. Doctors don't yet know how likely patients' bones are to thin enough to break in the years after surgery. ...
Jun 15, 2009 |
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No scars: New obesity surgery goes through mouth
(AP) -- Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach. The experimental, ...
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Only some Web sites provide patients with reliable information before having an operation
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures compar ...
Oct 10, 2008 |
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Study links gastric bypass surgery to increased risk of kidney stones
[B]Procedure associated with kidney stone formation earlier than previously reported[/B] CHICAGO (June 26, 2008) – Morbidly obese patients who undergo a particular type of gastric bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric byp ...
Jun 26, 2008 |
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