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Based on a couple of studies suggesting increased lifespan in weight loss surgery patients, those studies being short and inconclusive and n...

What is the cause of type 2 diabetes? We all can answer that by rote much as we can recite TV ads for cereals from the 1960's. "b...

So you are wondering why I have not blogged in a while. Truth being we have been lately inundated with fat and weight loss surgery studies ...

You have probably seen by now, the media hype. "New WLS - no cutting needed". Transoral Gastroplasty the so called TOGA procedur...

Here is something not talked about EXCEPT in medical journals (where it's OFTEN talked about): (from Melting Mama's blog ) ....

Occasionally (ok not so occasionally) I listen to an interview with a weight loss surgery provider which misleads from start to finish. And...

In this month's TIME MAGAZINE was a short article about "Reality shows which aren't really reality" in reviewing a movie a...

You have to understand that I consider the adjustable lap band a far superior WLS to any of the earlier procedures. It's much safer (ab...

Clyde was an ordinary teen. When he was in 7th grade, he was intelligent, talented and liked video games far more than exercise. He lived ...

Latest news - front page for several days - has been that having a gastric bypass can cut cancer risks. Bariatric surgeons at McGill Univers...

If you remember Brooke Bates, she's the 12 year old who had a lap band put in after having 35 lbs of fat removed by liposuction and diet...

Several years ago, they did a study on a device developed, I believe, in Switzerland called the "gastric pacer". Several US Weig...