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Affording Weight-Loss Surgery

Cary Darling — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:15:27 +0000

Protecting your health is one of the most important ways to assure a good quality of life. If weight-related medical issues threaten your health, it may help to know that weight-loss surgery has been shown to be safe and highly effective for the treatment of obesity. For severely overweight people, who cannot lose weight through traditional means such as dieting, weight-loss surgery is a proven method of resolving or preventing chronic disease and enhancing one’s quality of life.

How to Get the Help You Need
Many health insurance plans will pay for some or all of the costs involved in weight-loss surgery. They do this because weight loss, no matter how it is achieved, has been shown to substantially reduce a person’s overall health care usage and expenses. When a person loses a significant amount of weight, the risk of developing chronic and expensive-to-treat illnesses declines, which saves the patient and health care provider money in the long-term.

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Dietary Challenges after Obesity Surgery

Cary Darling — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:08:37 +0000

by: Karen Barrow
If you’re morbidly obese and you’ve made the decision to have obesity surgery, your journey is far from over. While this may be a step towards a much healthier life, the lifestyle changes that you will have to make after surgery must be considered or you’ll be in even worse shape than when you began.

“Gastric surgery is not magic,” says Brad Watkins, MD, FACS, co-founder of the Northwest Weightloss Center in Kirkland, Washington. “It’s not a panacea, but a very powerful tool to assist you with your weight loss efforts.”

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Lap Band Surgery — Is it for you?

Cary Darling — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:05:28 +0000

Following E-R looks at the pros and cons of Lap Band surgery

By Shenikwa Stratford
Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 8:56 p.m.

You’ve dieted, you’ve exercised and are still morbidly obese. That was the case for one area woman who finally chose surgery as an option. But is it safe, and is it for you?

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Lap band surgery effective for obese teens

Cary Darling — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:01:13 +0000

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A form of weight-loss surgery called gastric banding appears safe and effective for severely obese teenagers, according to a study at one medical center.

The findings, published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, suggest that gastric banding could offer teenagers an alternative to more-extensive obesity surgery.

In gastric banding, or lap band surgery as it’s often called, surgeons place a silicone band around the upper part of the stomach to create a small pouch. This substantially limits the amount of food a person can eat at a time and slows digestion.

Gastric banding is performed via laparoscopy, a minimally invasive technique that uses small incisions and slender instruments. Once the silicone band is in place, it’s adjustable from outside the body; the band is attached to a port placed just below the skin, which allows doctors to tighten or loosen the band by injecting or extracting a salt water solution through a needle.

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LAP-BAND System Surgery Improves Insulin Resistance

Cary Darling — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:53:16 +0000

A new study examining the overall and gender-related effects of LAP-BAND System surgery (LAGB) on insulin resistance, body composition, and metabolic risk markers six months post-surgery has found significant improvements in insulin resistance. The improvements occurred despite continuing obesity.

The results are from the study entitled Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Risk Factors and Body Composition Six Months after LAP-BAND System Surgery. Joan F. Carroll, Department of Integrative Physiology and Susan F. Franks, Departments of Family Medicine and Psychology, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Adam B. Smith, Laparoscopy, Bariatrics, and Surgery, and David R. Phelps, Radiology Associates of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX conducted the investigation.

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Before my lap-band surgery, my blood sugar level was 125, I was borderline diabetic. Everything about my blood work screams normal now.

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Lap-band surgery An effective alternative to gastric bypass

Cary Darling — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:10:19 +0000

By Andy Keenum
NYT Regional Media Group

Obesity is a nationwide epidemic in the United States.

And it has become a particularly bad problem in the South.

In “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing American, 2007,” a national study conducted by the Trust for America’s Health, states were ranked according to adult obesity rates.

Of the top 6 states on the list, all were Southern states — Mississippi came in first, followed by West Virginia, Alabama and Louisiana. South Carolina tied at fifth place with Tennessee.

Additional heath problems associated with obesity compound the problem. Usually, an improved diet along with regular exercise can reverse this trend. When diet and exercise are not enough to lose weight, however, surgery might be an answer.

Gastric by-pass surgery has been the most common type of weight-loss surgery.

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