Sleeve is Safe

Sleeve is Safe

  A study recently presented in San Diego compared the postoperative outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy to gastric bypass and band patients. Over a period of 6 years, 1492 bypasses, 602 sleeves and 339 gastric bands were performed at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida....

Obesity Ops on the Rise

News that obesity rates in the UK have risen, such that approximately 63% of the population are now considered overweight or obese have been balanced by news that operations to tackle this phenomenon are equally on the rise. The number of people admitted to hospital...
Weight Loss Surgery Trending

Weight Loss Surgery Trending

  Two recent developments in the weight loss surgery world deserve mention and discussion. A few months ago, a new gastric balloon which can be swallowed down (see picture), checked with an X-ray and inflated with gas inside the stomach became recently available...

Expert Review of Bariatric Surgery

Who would be better to review weight loss surgery than someone who deals with the dietary aspects of weight loss? This is the story of a registered dietician who had the knowledge and know-how to reduce her weight through dieting. However as is very common with...

Bariatric Surgery Reduces Health Risk

Most patients with diabetes and obesity who undergo gastric bypass not only experience remission of their diabetes and lose significant weight, but they also reduce their risk of having a heart attack by 40 percent and their risk for suffering a stroke by 42 percent,...