Bariatric surgery is booming in the United States, but experts say that more patients should be told about the potentially serious side effects of the surgery. Between 30 percent and 40 percent of the 200,000 surgeries performed every year in the country include complications such as hernias, infections, pneumonia, and bariatric connection problems. More problematic, experts say, is that no one knows why some patients react badly to the surgery and others do not. But they stress that patients...
Read moreWhy? I looked into weight-loss surgery options because my life had become out of control. I had ballooned to morbid obesity and I recently... Read more »
What is StomaphyX Revision Surgery? StomaphyX is an incisionless revision surgery for gastric bypass weight loss surgery patients whom have... Read more »
Many people ask me about my StompahyX revision surgery, which I had in 2008 some 5-years after my gastric bypass weight-loss surgery in... Read more »
StomaphyX is a rather uncomfortable procedure, and I share some of the discomfort I experienced in this post. I actually kept a diary of my... Read more »
I tend to focus on what I've gained since having my surgery in 2003. My new life truly is wonderful. And so I try not to think about all... Read more »
Overweight Type 2 diabetics who have weight-loss surgery may be able to reduce or completely stop their diabetes medications, a new study suggests.... Read more »
An analysis of 621 studies on more than 135,000 patients has confirmed weight-loss surgery's ability to reverse Type 2 diabetes. Researchers say that... Read more »
Researchers with the American Orthopaedic Society have found that weight loss surgery can help ease the amount of pain obese people with... Read more »
A new study has found that obese women who undergo weight-loss surgery are 42 percent less likely to develop cancer than obese women who do not have... Read more »
Recent clinical trials and other investigational methods are making weight-loss surgery available to moderately overweight clients, some experts say.... Read more »