Post-bariatric surgery weight loss may ease knee pain
(HealthDay)—Current evidence, though limited, suggests that bariatric surgery with subsequent marked weight loss may reduce knee complaints in morbidly obese adults, according to research published...
View ArticleMalnourished patients are more likely to suffer postoperative complications...
Malnourished patients are more likely to have complications following total knee or hip replacement surgeries than morbidly obese patients,according to new research from researchers at the Perelman...
View ArticleCharcot foot operations help diabetes patients walk normally again
A growing number of diabetics are being diagnosed with a debilitating foot deformity called Charcot foot.
View ArticleObesity link to increased risk for orthopedic conditions and surgical...
Obesity affects individual patient care, the healthcare system and nearly every organ in the body. People with obesity often have other health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, certain...
View ArticleWeight-loss surgery may improve kidney function
In addition to helping patients shed pounds, weight loss surgery may also improve kidney function, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11-16 at the Pennsylvania...
View ArticleBariatric surgery can benefit some obese children and teens
Bariatric surgery—as a last resort when conservative interventions have failed—can improve liver disease and other obesity-related health problems in severely obese children and adolescents, according...
View ArticleWeight-loss surgery puts spark back into relationships
Bariatric surgery does not only benefit the health of patients who undergo this weight loss procedure. It also leads to greater intimacy between them and their life partners, and adds a spark to their...
View ArticleAmerican College of Gastroenterology, Oct. 16-21
The annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology was held from Oct. 16 to 21 in Honolulu and attracted approximately 5,000 participants from around the world, including gastroenterology...
View ArticleGastric artery embolization shows promise in treating obesity
An interventional radiology technique shows promise for helping morbidly obese patients lose weight, according to the preliminary results of a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the...
View ArticleHeart injury reduced after bariatric surgery but not lifestyle intervention
Heart function in morbidly obese patients returns to normal after bariatric surgery but not after lifestyle intervention, reveals research published today in the European Journal of Preventive...
View ArticleMorbidly obese patients may benefit from bariatric surgery prior to knee...
Previous research studies have linked obesity to adverse outcomes and increased costs following total knee replacement surgery (TKR). A new, computer model-based evaluation appearing in the Journal of...
View ArticleHigh-dose sugammadex speeds reversal of neuromuscular block
(HealthDay)—Sugammadex at a dose of 4 mg/kg−1 of ideal body weight allows for shorter reversal of deep neuromuscular blockade in morbidly obese patients, according to a study published in the March...
View ArticleBariatric surgery may reduce life-threatening heart failure exacerbation in...
A new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that heart failure patients who underwent bariatric surgery to treat morbid obesity had a significant reduction in the...
View ArticleHormone may offer new approach to type 2 diabetes
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Oxford University have found a hormone that may offer an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes.
View ArticleEpigenetic modification increases susceptibility to obesity and predicts...
Scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), have demonstrated that the epigenetic modification of the Igfbp2 gene observed in...
View ArticleAs body mass index increases, so does spread of multiple myeloma
In a new study published in Cancer Letters, American University researchers show how, as body mass index increases, so does the growth and spread of the blood cancer multiple myeloma, which accounts...
View ArticleSevere obesity revealed as a stand-alone high-risk factor for heart failure
A study by Johns Hopkins researchers of more than 13,000 people has found that even after accounting for such risk factors as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, so-called morbid...
View ArticleSevere obesity and heart failure
(HealthDay)—Severe obesity appears to be an independent risk factor for heart failure, a new study suggests.
View ArticleGastric sleeve may become the new gold standard for morbid obesity
For many patients suffering from severe obesity, a gastric sleeve (reducing the stomach) is an ideal alternative to a gastric bypass (bypassing the stomach and the first part of the intestine), which...
View ArticleResearchers find cancer-fighting drugs help morbidly obese mice lose weight
Scientific investigations sometimes result in serendipitous discoveries which shift the investigations from one focus to another. In the case of researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, studies...
View ArticleOnline weight-loss groups offer valuable support, comfort
Online weight loss forums protect participants from public fat shaming, and offer them a place to speak out without being confronted by normal-weight individuals, medical science or the authorities.
View ArticleBarriatric surgery impacts joint replacement outcomes in very obese patients
A study from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that in morbidly obese patients, bariatric surgery performed prior to a total hip or knee replacement can reduce in-hospital and 90-day...
View ArticleWhole body vibration has same health benefits as treadmill walking in a model...
A daily dose of whole body vibration- like time on a treadmill—reduces body fat and insulin resistance and improves muscle and bone strength in a mouse model of morbid obesity and diabetes, researchers...
View ArticleAdvertisers should limit temptations to indulge in high-calorie products,...
When you push your trolley along the supermarket aisles, your choices are influenced by the wealth of options you find there, from juicy pears and healthy courgettes to aisles full of unhealthy crisps,...
View ArticleFollowing gastric band surgery, device-related reoperation common, costly
Among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery, reoperation was common, costly, and varied widely across hospital referral regions, according to a study published...
View ArticleMother's obesity boosts risk for major birth defects: study
Children of obese women are more likely to be afflicted by major birth defects, including malformations of the heart and genitals, according to a study published on Thursday.
View ArticleEating triggers endorphin release in the brain
Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.
View ArticleTrigger for fatty liver in obesity found
Morbid obesity affects the liver: Almost one-third of all adults suffer from chronic fatty liver disease, which can lead to infections and even trigger cancer. Researchers at the University Children's...
View ArticleObesity increases incidence, severity, costs of knee dislocations
A new study of more than 19,000 knee dislocation cases in the U.S. between 2000 and 2012 provides a painful indication of how the nation's obesity epidemic is changing the risk, severity and cost of a...
View ArticleGastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are comparable for morbid obesity...
In Switzerland, 5,500 operations to combat morbid obesity are conducted every year. Gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy operations perform similarly: patients lose two-thirds of their excess weight...
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