What diet do insurance companies require prior to bariatric surgery? Insurance companies are making it more and more difficult to get authorization for bariatric surgery. Nearly all insurance … [Read more...]
Revision Weight Loss Surgery; Is It Worth the Risk?
Revision Weight Loss Surgery; Is It Worth The Risk? More and more bariatric patients are seeking revision operations than ever before. This is from a combination of reasons, including poor initial … [Read more...]
Second Patient Death in Zafgen’s Obesity Drug Trial
Several days ago, a second patient death in Zafgen's obesity drug trial was announced. We wrote about the unfortunate first death on October 20th, shortly after the incident was announced. At that … [Read more...]
Is Gastric Sleeve Surgery Safe?
How Safe Is It? Is gastric sleeve surgery safe? The laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the surgery offered at New You Sleeve, is the safest weight lost surgery in existence. According to the American … [Read more...]
The Gastric Band: Is It Still a Good Option?
The gastric bypass revolutionized weight loss surgery in 1990's. Since that time, tens of thousands of this procedure have been performed with incredible success. Why did the bypass become less … [Read more...]
Back Pain and Obesity
Low back pain (LBP) is a very common health problem that leads to disability, sick leave and debilitating pain for millions of people. As the population of America becomes more and more obese and the … [Read more...]
The Best Weight Loss Surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy, adjustable gastric band, gastric bypass, duodenal switch, or the gastric balloon; what operation is the best weight loss surgery? I recently returned from a 2-day conference … [Read more...]
Evaluating the Intragastric Weight Loss Balloon
So, is this the latest and possibly greatest weight loss procedure, or is this just the latest weight loss fad? The latest weight loss surgical procedure, an intragastric weight loss balloon, was … [Read more...]
Robotic Weight Loss Surgery
The benefits of weight loss surgery have been known for a very long time. Robotic weight loss surgery is now the latest innovation in the field of surgical medical care. Surgeons are using this … [Read more...]
Dr. Atkinson and Obesity Part 11-NewYouSleeve
In this final video, Dr. Atkinson discusses insurance company requirements, pregnancy and the resolution of infertility, and addiction. This series of videos is an invaluable resource and extremely … [Read more...]