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Attending support group meetings improves weight loss - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Attending support group meetings has been linked to increased weight loss after gastric bypass surgery. However, the degree to which support group attendance influences weight loss is...
Doctors poorly informed about weight loss surgery - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier WeightVery little is known about the level of knowledge about weight-loss surgery among family doctors in the UK. This survey was conducted among family doctors in Connecticut,...
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Gastric bypass improves fatty liver - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Obesity is often associated with large deposits of fat cells in the liver. The fat cells can cause inflammation and damage to the liver cells which, in some cases, may even progress to...
Gastric bypass reduces heart attack risk by 50% - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Obesity is known to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (heart attack and stroke). However, few studies have assessed the impact of weight-loss surgery on the long-term...
Gastric bypass safe and effective in 60 year olds - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Many surgeons are hesitant to offer weight-loss surgery to patients >60 years of age because of concern of the considerably greater operative risk and less weight-control efficacy. In...
Insurance claims fall after bariatric surgery - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Obes Surg.2006;16:852-8. Cawley J, Prinz T, Beane S; The New York State Bariatric Surgery Workgroup In a rather unusual study, a research team at New York's Cornell University...
Metabolic risk reduction following gastric bypass - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Early reductions in metabolic risk following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass Cardio-metabolic syndrome (CMS) is the name given to a specific combination of risk factors which are known to...
Nutritional consequences of obesity surgery a comparison - Gastric Bypass articles - Weight Loss Research - Healthier Weight Obes Surg. 2006;16:1041-9 Ledoux S, Msika S, Moussa F et al. BACKGROUND:Gastric bypass (also called Roux-en Y bypass or RYGBP) is more efficient than adjustable gastric...
