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Weight-loss surgery may cause disabling nerve damage years later

Irani — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:06:25 +0000

If you are onboard the drastic obesity reduction trend that is on across the world, especially by weight-loss surgery, then there are reasons more serious than staying obese for you to drop the plan. It has been found that people, who undergo...

Weight loss surgery could result in memory loss

Rekha — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:53:31 +0000

With obesity in rise, people are looking at weight loss surgeries as quick-fix solutions. All weight loss surgeries have risks and complications associated with them. Gastric bypass surgery, a popular and safe weight loss surgery is no different....

People with gastric bypass most likely to develop kidney stones!

Anupam Agnihotri — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:30:59 +0000

Patients with gastric bypass surgery are more likely to develop kidney stones, according to the researchers at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic. Researchers believe that gastric bypass surgery brings on some changes in urine’s chemical...

Bariatric surgery helps extreme obese people to reduce weight

Pratyush — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 03:20:43 +0000

There are two groups of obese people. Eighty pounds overweight for women and hundred pounds for a man may be termed as severe obesity. This is the first kind of obesity. Those people do have a Body Mass index (BMI) of forty and more come in...

1,235 pounds Manuel Uribe loses 200 pounds without surgery

Pratyush — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:37:38 +0000

Manuel Uribe, a 41-year-old man, was as heavy as five baby elephants do. He weighed about 1,235 pounds. Uribe got people’s attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January. He was urging the medical experts help him to...

Say no to surgery to reduce weight

Pratyush — Tue, 09 May 2006 12:30:24 +0000

Gastric bypass surgery has become more popular than ever. The surgery has now become a trendy weight loss technique like a short cut and people don’t consider the complications. People usually reduce weight with the help of weight loss...