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Health Encyclopedia: Surgery For Weight Loss

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Surgical procedures for obesity may be appropriate for some dangerously obese people and may reduce heart problems and many of their risk factors, including high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and diabetes. In fact, some evidence suggests that surgery may provide much greater control of weight and diabetes than nonsurgical weight-loss methods. Studies are reporting significant reductions in diabetes and need for diabetic medications. Other medical conditions that often improve afte...

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Expert & Community Posts

GERD Questions: Hiatal Hernia and Schatzki's ring

By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...hernias are defects in the diaphragm that allow the stomach to slide up into the chest. While... Read more »

Ask the Doctor: Dr. Eisner Responds to Selected Community Questions.

By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...can happen is a slowing of the emptying of the stomach, or gastroparesis. Patients... Read more »

Dr. Eisner Answers your GERD Questions: Surgery for Hiatal Hernia

By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...the much more common, sliding hernia, in which the stomach slides below the esophagus into the... Read more »

Hiatal Hernia

By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...opening of the diaphragm where the esophagus joins the stomach. Part of the stomach pushes... Read more »

Link Between Intestinal Inflammation and Cancer Confirmed

By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...idea that chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach can damage DNA, increasing the risk... Read more »

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Health Guide

Peptic Ulcers: Complications

...pylori or NSAIDs can be very serious if they progress to the point of hemorrhage or perforation of the stomach or duodenum. Of the people who get ulcers, up to 15% will experience some degree of... Read more »

Colon and Rectal Cancers: Introduction

...anus. It is a complex organ system that first carries food from the mouth down the esophagus to the stomach. Food then travels through the small and large intestines before being excreted through... Read more »

Ovarian Cancer: Symptoms

...within the abdomen)Pelvic pressure or crampsDigestive problems such as gas, bloating, indigestion and stomach painBowel and bladder problems such as constipation and frequent urinationLoss of... Read more »

Infant Reflux and Home Remedies

When a baby lies down to sleep he loses the beneficial effect of gravity, which helps keep the stomach's contents in the stomach. Oftentimes, nights are the worst times for children suffering from... Read more »

Peptic Ulcers: Causes

CausesBefore the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter (H.) pylori, the stomach was believed to be a sterile environment. However, in 1982, two Australian scientists identified Helicobacter pylori... Read more »

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Medications

Axid Oral Uses and How to Use

...(nye-ZAT-ih-deen)Uses Nizatidine is used to treat ulcers of the stomach and intestines and... Read more »

Pepcid Oral Uses and How to Use

... Uses Famotidine is used to treat ulcers of the stomach and intestines. It may be used to... Read more »

Zantac Oral Uses and How to Use

...(ran-IT-uh-deen)Uses Ranitidine is used to treat ulcers of the stomach and intestines and... Read more »

Tagamet Oral Uses and How to Use

...(sye-MET-uh-deen)Uses Cimetidine is used to treat ulcers of the stomach and intestines... Read more »

Alkets Oral Uses and How to Use

...is used to treat symptoms caused by too much stomach acid such as heartburn, upset stomach,... Read more »

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Related News

Why Gastric Bypass Helps Diabetics

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New evidence explains why patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery get their diabetes symptoms under control quickly --... Read summary »

Stomach Bug May Protect Against Asthma

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Something missing from our stomachs may be the reason behind the recent rise asthma cases. Researchers from New York University... Read summary »

Brush Your Way to a Healthy Baby

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Could better dental hygiene lead to healthier babies? Investigators who looked at bacteria in the stomach contents of newborns... Read summary »

Broccoli Sprouts Ward Off Stomach Cancer

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? People who carry the H. pylori bacteria in their guts are at higher risk for stomach cancer. Now a new study suggests an easy... Read summary »

New Way to Ease IBS

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LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Never has a menu looked so good to Carol Epstein. For 20 years she passed up coffee, salads, dairy and wheat... Read summary »

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