Weight loss surgery has many health benefits which we already know. But, there is a link between obesity and ovarian cancer that needs to also be made aware to women. This link between obesity and … [Read more...]
Death and Obesity?
The benefits of bariatric surgery are well known. Does the resolution of these medical issues and weight loss actually help a person live longer? As shown in a past study, death and obesity go hand … [Read more...]
Can Weight Loss Surgery Reverse Liver Disease?
Weight loss surgery can have many health benefits beyond just weight loss. In some cases, it can reduce or eliminate the negative effects of other diseases. Let’s take a look at liver disease in … [Read more...]
Obesity and Uterine Cancer: A Serious Relationship Exists
Some things are very difficult to comprehend when the diagnosis of cancer is made and we try to think of what could have been done differently. Why we were the ones with the diagnosis. Why would … [Read more...]
Diabetes and Bariatric Surgery: A Miracle Cure?
Diabetes is a dangerous medical illness with severe complications, including high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure, just to name a few. The toll this disease takes on patients … [Read more...]
Teenage Obesity: The Growing Concern
Obesity not only affects our adult population. Teenage obesity affects upwards of 30% of children in America. That number is going higher each year as obesity has more than doubled in children and … [Read more...]
Obesity in America: A Crisis of Epidemic Proportions
Obesity in America is a public health crisis exponentially rising out of control. The annual medical cost of obesity in the U.S. was $147 billion in 2008 with the costs continuing to skyrocket. Over … [Read more...]
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