Inthissegment,Iwilldescribewhythemedicalcommunityhasbecomeinvolvedandthebenefitsofhealthyweightreduction.Beingoverweighthasbeenassociatedwithmanymedicaldisorders.Asonebecomesheavierthereisanassociationbetweenfemaleinfertility,hypertension,hyperlipidemia(elevatedcholesterolandbloodfats),coronaryarterydisease,diabetes,insulin...
Bariatric sugery is now accepted as the best and most effective treatment for obesity. About 65 percent of all bariatric surgery patients are able to lose their excess weight and keep it off for more than five years. What are the routine tests before surgery?LS Pai...
Like, you know, what is it? AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT "Bariatric surgery is weight loss surgery," says Jenny Choi, MD, director of bariatric surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. The other big one: Is bariatric surgery right for me? Only you and your doctor can decide that. Technically, ...
observational and cross-sectional master's dissertation carried out in a hospital in the state of Pará.The information was collected through the institution's medical records, in addition to interviews with obese patients and close family members who presented the indications for bariatric and metaboli...
What is the purpose of a bariatric bed? The primary purpose of a bariatric bed is to provide a safe and comfortable sleeping and resting environment for individuals with higher body weights or specific medical needs. These beds are designed to accommodate the unique requirements of bariatric patien...
Rapidly dropping pounds is associated with a loss of muscle mass and other undesirable effects—including looking older.
Medical textbooks have always taught—and clinical practice correspondingly operates on the supposition—that type 2 diabetes can only “inexorably progress.” The belief is that once a patient with diabetes requires pharmacointervention, the disease is intractable. This long-entrenched dogma is omnipresen...
I know that isn’t the proper medical term. What it refers to is when a person is going to the bathroom and strains really hard. This can actually cause reduced circulation to the vagus nerve, and therefore the brain, and cause a patient to pass out. ...
000 of these surgeries are performed each year. “That’s about 1 percent of the people who qualify,” says Dr. Husain. That may be because people perceive weight-loss surgery as riskier than it is. “But for the right candidates, the medical benefits far outweigh the risks,” she notes...
Obesity rarely occurs in a bubble. While some people may be obese and have no serious co-existing medical conditions, they are the exception. As the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. (behind smoking),obesity is a serious public health concern with far-reaching implications...