Plastic Mesh Improves Gastric Bypass Outcomes
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THURSDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A polypropylene mesh can help shield gastric bypass patients from a common and debilitating complication, researchers say.
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The nutritional disorder, beriberi -- caused by lack of vitamin B1 in the diet -- can appear in teens who have undergone gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity.
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Dr. Robert Ersek, a 66-year-old plastic surgeon, invited reporters to his Texas operating room recently and, in front of their cameras, proceeded to liposuction himself. After numbing the skin near his navel, he slipped in a hollow tube about a quarter-inch wide and moved it back and forth until it had sucked out about half a pound of fat. Ersek's office throws away tons of liposuctioned fat every year. But he shipped his own to a California company for processing and long-term storage of some of the cells from that fat.
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Operations to treat obesity such as  stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some  patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition,  doctors warned Thursday.
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Obesity surgery has helped many  patients lose weight and improve their health, a panel of  experts told U.S. regulators on Thursday, but they added there  was insufficient data on how well the procedure worked for  elderly patients covered by Medicare,
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NEW YORK  - The nutritional disorder,  beriberi -- caused by lack of vitamin B1 in the diet -- can  appear in teens who have undergone gastric bypass surgery for  severe obesity.
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Stockholm - Gastric surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study cited in the media here on Thursday.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, a study found.
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Weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese people, a study to compare the approaches has found.
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MONDAY, March 12  (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgeries such as gastric bypass can develop a rare but serious brain condition linked to vitamin deficiency, a new study warns.
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By Swanson, John A  Take a look around. Much of what you see has, in some small or large way, been simulated on a computer prior to production. Numerical simulation helps build safe bridges, improve gas mileage, and guide the manufacture of plastic parts.
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Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.
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People who undergo gastric bypass surgery get drunk quicker and take longer to get sober, according to a US study published Thursday.
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MONDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Gastric bypass surgery controls symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in morbidly obese people who've had previous anti-reflux surgery, says a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study in the November issue of Obesity Surgery.
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years
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Extremely obese people who have weight-loss surgeries experience dramatic improvements in their health, according to a study in Wednesday&#39;s Journal of the American Medical Association.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. By Stuart Villanueva, AP.