01st December 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Alma Orozco
A single bariatric surgery procedure is usually sufficient for most patients, providing adequate long term weight loss. In some patients, the first weight loss surgery procedure may not result in the desired effects, and ...
01st December 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Alma Orozco
The symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, OSA, include sleepiness during the day (hypersomnia); snoring; episodes of choking, or breathing cessation, during sleep; awakening with a dry mouth or sore throat; and morning hea...
25th November 2009
Sleep apnea is the state where you discontinue breathing in the night for small intervals. There are three kinds of sleep apnea, including central, mixed and obstructive. Out of these, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused because of blockage of airway,...
25th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Alma Orozco
Obesity in an expectant mother negatively affects her pregnancy, even affecting conception, since infertility is a frequent problem associated with excess weight. In addition, pregnancy in an obese woman tends to increase...
24th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Alma Orozco
The aim of gastric bypass surgery is to make the patient lose weight and avoid the morbidities associated with obesity. The post-surgery diet is therefore designed to achieve that goal, without forgetting the essential ro...
16th October 2009
Feel like you're doing everything right but still the scale is not budging? It's challenging to take off pounds, but it's even more difficult to keep them off. Are you frustrated because the weight loss has just stopped? Most people after weight loss sur...
11th September 2009
Many people dream of losing weight and attaining that perfect body everyone craves. Yet only a small percentage of these people are able fulfill this dream by dieting and exercise alone. An overwhelming majority of people discover losing weight cannot be ...
03rd September 2009
It is wrong to take Bariatric Surgery lightly; it’s not simply a quick way of losing weight and getting a lean and a slim body but guarantees many more long term health advantages. Recent research shows that Bariatric Surgery can be an effective solutio...
24th August 2009
In Vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the most innovative methods for managing infertility and makes use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) to increase the chances that you will conceive. It is a process by which egg cells are fertilized by sperm ...
26th July 2009
Weight loss surgery is not the immediate solution to your obese body; it is a continuing process to lose weight by bringing changes in your lifestyle. To have long-term success and maintain a healthy body, you need to prepare yourself to make several life...
17th July 2009
Morbid obesity is a wide spread problem and a rightly done bariatric surgery is a proper treatment. Surgical procedures vary considerably in complexity and specialized training is needed to perform them. It can lead to severe complications if not done cor...
23rd June 2009
Sleeve gastrectomy surgery is one of the safest and rapid weight loss procedures for higher risk obese patients. It is relatively a new approach for those with a body mass index over 50 and is ideal for patients with anemia and other medical complications...
12th June 2009
Due to new digestive system after gastric bypass surgery, patients need to follow a special restrictive diet plan that is designed to be gentle on both new stomach pouch and intestinal bypass limb that carries their food from the stomach to the remaining ...
15th May 2009
Obesity is a condition in which a person has excess of body fat. A normal person has about 30 to 35 billion fat cells. When a person gains weight, the fat cells grow in their size and later on, start increasing. A BMI of 18 to 24 is considered the normal ...
13th May 2009
Bariatric surgery can help you get rid of excess fat of your body and helps in leading a healthy lifestyle. This could be either achieved by stapling a small portion of your stomach or by tying the stomach with a band.
Lap band and gastric bypass are t...
