by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
Advances are being made on the technical front with regards to keyhole surgery. Single incision keyhole surgery started a few years ago and was based on the principle of using one large incision through the belly button to accommodate a three channelled port. The...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
Someone came to see me last year for weight loss surgery and was found on further investigation to have a severe form of deposition of fat within the liver otherwise known as NASH (non-alcoholic steato-hepatosis). Fat deposition within the liver is very common,...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
Debate regarding weight loss surgery as a primary treatment for patients who are not overtly obese but diabetes has become topical. The rationale for this arises from the success that weight loss surgery has had in leading to remission of diabetes in obese patients....
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
There is no doubt that the cost of bands, sleeves and bypass operations on the Continent and overseas is generally lower than the UK. There are many reasons why this is possible, however the important ones need to be mentioned. When looking at a service, please read...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
“We are at a tipping point. The scientific consensus and the mountain of evidence that have been built around the disease of obesity and its treatment cannot be ignored,” The declaration of the American Medical Association (AMA) earlier this week, voting obesity as a...
by Mr Ahmed Hamouda | Aug 23, 2016 | Weight Loss
A health insurer in the US has given its customers the choice of exercising or facing a 20% increase in their premiums. While this can be seen as “coercion” or “arm twisting”, it could also denote the general direction of travel for the health...
