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UK Lawmakers Are Urging to Ban Fast-Food Outlets From Hospitals to Reduce Obesity
Mar 27, 2015The UK lawmakers are urging the National Health Service (NHS) to ban fast-food outlets from hospitals in an effort to curb obesity in British citizens. In a report titled 'The Impact of Physical Activity and Diet on Health,' the Health ...
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FDA's First Weight-Loss Device TP for Obese Adults to Dieting and Having Bariatric Surgery
Jan 19, 2015The EnterMedics Maestro Rechargeable System weight loss treatment device is effective although scientists are unclear why. The FDA has approved the first weight-loss device since 2007, giving obese adults an alternative to dieting and ...
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Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents
Feb 26, 2014Health Affairs: Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents And Generate Savings For Medicare Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are frequent and result in complications, morbidity, and Medicare ...
Tags: Telemedicine, Medicaid, Medicare Premium
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Patients Need to Take Dietary Supplements and Pay Attention to Their Nutritional Intake
Feb 25, 2014Patients who have had bariatric surgery may need to take dietary supplements and pay closer attention to their nutritional intake, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of Investigative ...
Tags: bariatric surgery, take dietary supplements, post-operative care
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Researchers Looked at 23 Patients Who Underwent Gastric Banding
Feb 13, 2014TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- People who've had weight-loss surgery need to closely monitor their nutritional intake and may require dietary supplements, according to the results of a small, new study. Researchers looked at 23 patients ...
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These Resolutions Often Focus Too Much on The Aesthetic Side of Being Slimmer Aspect
Jan 21, 2014While many Americans make New Year's resolutions focused on self-improvement, those who are overweight or obese likely prioritize getting down to a healthy weight. However, these resolutions often focus too much on the aesthetic side of ...
Tags: Healthy Weight, Health, Medicine
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Women Are Four Times More Likely Than Men to Seek Weight-loss Surgery,a New Study Finds
Jan 13, 2014Women are four times more likely than men to seek weight-loss surgery, a new study finds. And men typically are older, more obese and sicker than women when they do see a doctor about having the procedure, the researchers found. "It is ...
Tags: Weight-Loss, Weight-Loss Surgery, Women Open to Weight-Loss
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Gastric Bypass Surgery Is a Type of Bariatric Operation Such as Diabetes
Jan 10, 2014Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is gastric bypass surgery and how many people undergo it? Gastric bypass surgery is a type of bariatric operation that results in weight loss and stimulates metabolic ...
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While Weight Loss Surgery Offers One of The Best Opportunities to Improve Health
Jan 8, 2014While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are ...
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Bariatric Surgery Helps Patients Lose Weight and Get Rid of Obesity-Related Diseases
Dec 31, 2013Among different surgical procedures, gastric bypass was more effective for weight loss but was associated with more complications, U.S. researchers say. Su-Hsin Chang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
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Weight-Loss Surgery Helps Very Obese Patients Drop Pounds and Improve Their Overall Health
Dec 25, 2013A new review finds that weight-loss surgery helps very obese patients drop pounds and improve their overall health, even if there is some risk for complications. "We've gotten good at doing this," said Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of ...
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Black Women Will Lose Less Weight Even If They Follow Exact Same Exercise and Diet Regimen
Dec 25, 2013Black women will lose less weight than white women even if they follow the exact same exercise and diet regimen, researchers report. The reason behind this finding is that black women's metabolisms run more slowly, which decreases their ...
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Navidea Has Jouned Forces with Maimonides Medical Centre Investigate Lymphoseek
Feb 6, 2013Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has jouned forces with Maimonides Medical Centre to investigate Lymphoseek injections as a potential treatment for colorectal cancer. Dr. Danny Sherwinter, surgeon and the director of the Department of Minimally ...
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Covidien Has Introduced V-Loc Knotless Suture Reload Device
Nov 27, 2012Covidien, a provider of healthcare products, has introduced V-Loc knotless suture reload device. The V-Loc knotless device, designed to increase operating room efficiency during laparoscopic and single-incision procedures, works with the ...
Tags: suture reload device, healthcare products, operating room
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Crospon Endoflip System Is Cleared by FDA for Using in Gastroenterology Applications
Aug 30, 2012The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Crospon's EndoFLIP system for use in gastroenterology applications. The EndoFLIP system utilizes the new Barostat software to include pressure and dimension measurements taken in the ...
Tags: EndoFLIP system, Barostat software, FDA, gastroenterology applications
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