Increasing Diabetes Mirrors Obesity: Surgery Best Option
Half the US population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes. This trend mirrors the rise in obesity in the United States. The most cost effective treatment is weight loss surgery.
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Weight Regain After Gastric Sleeve: What Successful Patients Do
The gastric sleeve weight loss surgery recently was found to have a significant weight regain. Here is the difference between patients who do well with weight loss surgery and those who do not- based on our data.
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Coke in One Hour: The Graphic Was Just Wrong
Coke’s effect in an hour- the infographic was simply– wrong. It was cute, but the science behind it was deceptive and incorrect.
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Obesity and Gut Bacteria: Fecal Transplant Causing Obesity?
A woman gets a fecal transplant from her overweight daughter and then becomes obese. Was it the gut bacteria that did it, or some other factors? Dr. Terry Simpson weights in…
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Timing of Meals: Cure for Obesity?
Does when you eat affect your weight gain? It does in mice- apparently if mice are restricted to eating over 12 hours they don’t gain the weight of mice that eat the same amount over a longer period of time. How can this help you? Well, if you are a mouse….
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Lap-Band – Apollo Rises to the Challenge
Terry Simpson MD reports on the latest moves by Apollo with the Lap-Band. The Lap-Band will undergo a price increase. A brilliant move on the part of Apollo Endosurgery – and there is more aggressive moves coming.
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Lap-Band Low BMI Study Shows Success
The recent FDA study about the Lap-Band on patients who were obese but not morbidly obese has concluded and found to be safe and effective. This study was done over multiple centers with careful reporting of every adverse event.
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Lap-Band Directs Patients Away from Some Surgeons
Lap-Band’s website has started to remove surgeon’s names who have not provided the after-care and support that is needed for the weight loss operation. They also are starting an effort to direct patients who are having difficulty to surgeons who are interested in the band, and not just removing it.
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Alton Brown’s Diet: Is it Useful – is it Nutritious
Dr. Terry Simpson takes a look at the famous diet of Alton Brown, host of Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, and Cutthroat Kitchen. Brown lost 50 pounds in nine months following these changes, and has kept that weight off since 2009. Here is the breakdown – and some surprises as to the levels of micronutrients in Alton Brown’s Diet.
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