Bariatric Surgery: Reducing Mortality and Improving Health Outcomes

Obesity is both associated with and predisposes to a barrage of medical conditions which have a significant impact on the lives of individuals. These include diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular conditions such as stroke, hypertension, to mention a few. Management remedied for attaining weight loss have usually centred on lifestyle modifications -  exercise, adopting healthier...

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How Metabolic Surgery Can Stem Medical Conditions

Being overweight and obese predisposes individuals to a plethora of other medical conditions which include hypertension, non-insulin dependent diabetes Mellitus (type 2 diabetes Mellitus), cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia and many others. In addition, certain individuals face depression, a poor self-image and even body-shaming by other individuals. All these...

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What are the Procedures for Metabolic Surgery

Diabetes, commonly known as a sugar disease by society, has been increasing world-wide over the last few decades. What treatment have you been applying to cure diabetes? Which diabetes patients benefit from this treatment and who are appropriate candidates for it? We have been treating type 2 diabetes patients using a surgical method. It is called Metabolic Surgery. The...

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Health Guide: Pros and Cons of Weight Loss Surgery

As a common knowledge, obesity and weight gain are gradually attaining epidemic proportions globally. This is due to our increasing appetite for unhealthy junk foods, sedentary lifestyles, a lack of exercise and for some, a background genetic predisposition. Further compounding the problem of obesity are the other health conditions which it predisposes individuals to. These...

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IS WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY A PERFECT SOLUTION TO FIGHT OBESITY?

If there is one chronic condition which has come to define 21st century man, it is obesity. Estimates classify 1/3 of the American population as obese while 2/3 are classed as overweight. Similar statistics are reflected in many developed countries with developing countries jumping on the bandwagon due to increasing adoption of Western diets and lifestyles.  Read...

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HOW WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY WORKS WHEN DIETS DON'T

An all too familiar feeling despair and sometimes disappointment crops up among individuals who have begun to gain weight after working so hard to lose it. This stems a feeling shared by numerous obese patients going through one exercise regimen or dieting protocol to lose weight. Over time, exercise, dietary modifications and even drugs have continued to prove ineffective...

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IS WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY A PERFECT SOLUTION TO FIGHT OBESITY?

If there is one chronic condition which has come to define the 21st-century man, it is obesity. Estimates classify 1/3 of the American population as obese while 2/3 are classed as overweight. Similar statistics are reflected in many developed countries with developing countries jumping on the bandwagon due to increasing adoption of Western diets and lifestyles. Further compounding...

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