Gastric bypass has been available for some years now and many famous faces, and their bodies, have felt the great effects of drastic weight loss. Here are some great examples: Roseanne Barr underwent gastric bypass surgery in 1998, and ended up losing lost over 80 pounds. She also had breast reduction surgery to alleviate her […]
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Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Part 3
Please read part 1 and part 2 of this article for more information on new weight loss surgery research. Weight loss surgery might be the best treatment for obese patients who have type 2 diabetes, according to new research from Italy published in the Archives of Surgery. The study found that weight loss surgery improved […]
Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Part 2
Yet the patients in the research who only had medication for their treatment were not recently diagnosed patients, and Dr. Vivian Fonseca, the president of the division of Medicine and Science with the American Diabetes Association, noted that it would have been more useful to find out how newly diagnosed patients reacted to the medications […]
Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Type 2 Diabetes
Weight loss surgery could be the best treatment for obese patients who have type 2 diabetes, finds a new study published in the Archives of Surgery. It found that the weight loss procedures improved diabetes outcomes in comparison to patients who had the usual medication therapy for the disease. Researchers at the University of Rome […]
Gastric Band In Mexico
Angeles Health offers the LAP Band medical travel package for $5,000 which includes complimentary travel concierge, two nights’ hospital stay, and one night’s stay in a hotel if needed. The majority of our LAP BAND patients lose at least 40% of their excess weight in the first 6-12 months after surgery, resulting in an improvement […]