2010-03-14 Nation and World Gastric-band surgery may be option for obese children Seattle Times Newspaper

The rate of obesity in children has tripled since 1980, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, boosting rates of sleep apnea, diabetes and heart disease. Thats why Ludwig, a leading childhood-obesity researcher, now says surgery should probably be considered as an option for some adolescents with Type-2 diabetes, who have failed conventional weight-loss programs.

In 2009, 220,000 people in the United States underwent weight-loss surgery, according to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, a Gainesville, Fla. -based organization of doctors who perform the procedures. Thats an increase from 28,800 in 1999, the group reported.

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Weight loss surgery procedures offered at St. Davids Medical Center, as well as the risks and benefits of weight loss surgeryand the qualifications.

The Bariatric Surgery Center at St. Davids Medical Center is hosting a series of seminars designed to help potential patients learn more about

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2010-03-10 Obesity 101: Is exercise a weight-loss dead end

Kehoe had waited five years for her vertical gastric sleeve gastrectomy, a form of weight-loss surgery that shrinks the stomach from the shape of sack to a thin tube. Six hours after the first surgery, Kehoe required a second to stop internal bleeding. She endured a blood transfusion, elevated heart rate, swelling in her hands and arms and spasms of post-surgical pain unlike anything she had felt before.

Others beg to differ. Dr. Robert Ross, a leading exercise physiologist at Queens University in Kingston, Ont. , says regular exercise can lead to significant reductions in abdominal fat, particularly visceral fat - fat that wraps around the intestines, liver and other organs thats more dangerous than peripheral fat, the fat beneath the skin - even without significant weight loss. "Exercise mobilizes more fat from the abdominal region, and you get all the other benefits of physical activity," says Ross, director of Queens Centre for Obesity Research and Education. "I do not accept the notion that physical activity is useless as an obesity reduction strategy. That is simply not true. "

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2010-03-05 Lap-band promoters troubled history

The waiting room of the Beverly Hills surgery clinic was teeming with customers on a recent Saturday, with many of the patients there for the weight-loss operation hawked on freeway billboards, bus placards, and TV and radio commercials across Southern California: 1-800-GET-THIN.

Suite 106 at 9001 Wilshire Blvd. , currently known as the Beverly Hills Surgery Center, has for years been a business address of TopSurgeons, the sponsors of the ubiquitous marketing campaign for the lap-band -- a surgical implant designed to suppress the appetite of obese patients and normally prescribed for those who are at least 75 to 100 pounds overweight.

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2010-03-04 Bariatric Surgery to Treat Diabetes Put to the Test Weight Loss Surgery Channel

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are preparing to launch a new study to determine whether bariatric surgery is more effective than lifestyle modification at reducing weight and treating Type 2 Diabetes.

The Center for Weight and Eating Disorders and Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Program at the University of Pennsylvania recently received a Challenge Grant from the NIH as part of the nationwide economic stimulus package. Patients that are eligible for the upcoming study will be randomly assigned to undergo one of three options: Roux-en-Y

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2010-03-03 A new weight loss surgery, without scarring Flint News and Saginaw News

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center are conducting a new clinical trial for patients who need to lose weight. "Pose" stands for Primary Obesity Surgery Endolumenal. Its similar to other weight loss surgery techniques that aim to make the stomach smaller, but with this procedure, doctors do not have to make any incisions. The entire surgery is done endoscopically, which means surgeons place an endoscope down the throat to conduct the procedure. Once the endoscope enters the stomach, surgeons suture the top part of the stomach shut, making it smaller by about one-third. With a reduced stomach size, patients feel fuller sooner and are less likely to overeat.

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2010-03-01 Surgeons perform first scarless myotomy surgery in US

With dramatic advancements in medical devices, we can now perform complex surgeries through the mouth with no external incisions," said Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery and director of the UC San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery. "What we are seeing is the evolution of laparoscopic surgery into more specialized procedures that require no incisions at all. "

Laparoscopic surgery to treat achalasia is called the Heller Myotomy, a two hour procedure requiring up to six small incisions in the abdomen to divide the esophageal muscle. During this traditional procedure the surgeon cuts the muscles of the lower esophagus in order to let food and liquid pass to the stomach. Horgans technique, known as natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, is performed entirely through the mouth in less than 90 minutes.

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Myotomy is a procedure to treat achalasia, a distressing disorder which causes difficulty swallowing, regurgitation and chest pain.

2010-02-25 Bariatric Surgery: 1 year update - WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports

Laura exercises several times a week and keeps the weight off with portion control. But she also credits a bariatric surgery support group for keeping her on the weight loss wagon.

Laura Kruse started her weight loss journey 365 days ago and 130 pounds heavier. Today, shes a different woman.

Lauras a fan of the initial weight loss too. But she knows the hardest part is ahead, keeping the pounds at bay.

Its been several months since we introduced up to Laura Kruse, a woman who underwent bariatric surgery. We now update you on her status, on year to the day after her surgery.

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2010-02-22 Man Struts Down the Runway 200 Pounds Lighter Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports

He will be one of the many patients celebrating their successes at the Fourth Annual Bariatric Fashion Show at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The show will feature patients whove undergone weight loss surgery at Oklahoma Weight Loss Options, the practice of surgeons Ronnie Keith and Lana Nelson.

Leisinger said surgery isnt the only thing hes changed. Hes also eating right and hes joined a local gym and has hired a personal trainer.

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