Medical News
Alternative To Gastric Bypass: A New Procedure Eyed
Many people who could potentially benefit from gastric bypass are reluctant to undergo surgery, but some Boston doctors are testing a new, less invasive procedure that may help patients lose weight.
Geri Jemlitch has struggled with food all her life, but when she weighed in a 382 pounds, she knew she had to do something drastic.
She [...]
Anti-Aging Expert Notes That Not All Hearing Problems Are Related to Ear Wax
Medical Intuitive Caroline Sutherland, whose latest book “The Body Knows How to Stay Young” was recently released by the prestigious publisher Hay House, has found compelling evidence indicating that not all hearing problems are related to ear wax buildup. Recent guidelines from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation offered solutions to the [...]
Levemir Demonstrates a Significant Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Data released at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting concludes that Levemir® (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) is a once-daily treatment for diabetes patients after demonstrating a 24-hour duration of action in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.1,2 Results from two other studies announced today reveal that Levemir® can [...]
Bariatric Surgery: Improves Health in a Cost Efficient Manner
Bariatric surgery has been said that it can pay for itself within a few years by helping to reduce insurance claims resulting from medical conditions that obese people can develop. While that might seem to be an overestimation, research shows that it is indeed correct, and that in most cases, surgical cost can be recovered [...]
Doctor Gets Death Threats for Exposing Fat Loss Secret to General Public
A new breakthrough in weight loss is being called, “All you now need in order to forever shed countless pounds, stay healthy, and add many years to your life”… A lady doctor from Arizona has blown the lid off the best-kept secret in weight loss, and this has the whole diet food and drug industries [...]
Master Switch In The Brain That Regulates Appetite And Reproduction is Discovered
Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, and researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies say it may work the [...]
Incision-Free Weight Loss Surgery Performed at New York Presbyterian Hospital
The first patient in the New York City area received incision free surgery for obesity as part of the ongoing multicenter TOGA Pivotal Trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
Drs. Marc Bessler and Daniel Davis performed the TOGA Procedure (for “transoral gastroplasty”), which, like other obesity procedures, is designed to alter the patient’s stomach anatomy [...]
“Sick Fat” Tissue And Obesity
A Temple University study finds fat in obese patients is “sick” when compared to fat in lean patients.
When our bodies don’t work properly, we say we’re sick. A study published in the September issue of Diabetes finds that the same could be said for fat tissue found in obese patients. The cells in their fat [...]
