Patients 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
TUESDAY 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 ...
Tags: Dietary
Women 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
Whites are twice as likely as blacks to have weight-loss surgery and people's views about how obesity affects their quality of life is an important factor in that difference, according to a new study. The researchers interviewed 337 obese ...
While 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 ...
A 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 ...
Mexico Bariatric Center (MBC), a healthcare facilitator which helps patients undergo metabolic and bariatric surgeries, has added Single-Incision Laproscopic Surgery (SILS) to its service offerings. By making a single incision, known as ...
Tags: Laproscopic Surgery, healthcare facilitator, laparoscopic procedure
Clinical-stage medical technology company Baronova has secured $27.3m from Series C financing round. The financing, which is led by investments from Sante Ventures and Boston Scientific, will be used by the company to fund a pivotal study ...
Tags: medical technology, weight loss technology, outpatient procedure