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The reality of obesity, weight loss surgery and other things

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Gastric bypass - the holy grail of weight loss surgery?

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The holy grail of weight loss, is hoping that somehow food will not appeal to us so we will lose weight.  A new study states that weight...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

We get angry letters sometimes....

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We get angry letters sometimes ... Wayne B, a gastric sleeve patient (and I would bet a "new op") writes the following: Reg...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Weight Loss surgery does not reduce health care costs in the long term.

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A long term study on weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery or WLS)  found no reduction in health care costs on the long term.   The s...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Life saving weight loss surgery claims another

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Since it's January, there is a big push by those selling weight loss and also for weight loss su rgery.  TV is showing a lot of progra...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

gastrointestinal liner - or endo barrier

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Another weight loss surgery? Oh, excuse me this is "not surgery" say those advocating it. (Hubby says it looks like a condom...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Bariatric surgery safe and effective?

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We've been there before.  Every so often they have a new study "proving" gastric bypass (particularly) is "safe and eff...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Dr Phil's sneaky ad for weight loss surgery

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Dr Phil, on a re-run show, aired again this past week, recently featured a lady who had just been named "the World's Heaviest Wo...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Plastic Surgery after weight loss surgery

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RNY-loose skin- The following is from my notes watching a program called "The Real Skinny" on TLC.  (The Real Skinny, program ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Carnie Wilson - 2nd weight loss surgery

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Carnie Wilson , singer and daughter of Beach Boy, Brian Wilson (pictured in red dress in photo with her singing group);  got a RNY gastric...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Dr Oz of TV and his infomercial about gastric bypass

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In case you haven't heard by now, Dr Oz on Monday, January 23, had a segment about the gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, tou...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Does Obesity really cause brain damage?

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Obesity might cause inflammation in the brain, shouts out the latest headliner coming out of the NPR News. According to the NPR articl...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Better Watch Out for Those Hot Dogs, says Dr Hu

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Does anyone remember the professor/researcher at Harvard Medical School, Dr Frank Hu, who came up with the conclusion that if a person was...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

what is and what isn't about weight loss surgery

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In case you haven't heard of the Obesity Action Coalition, they are a group determined to rid the world of obesity by way of weight loss...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

The People of Walmart emails

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Every so often someone sends me an email, entitled "The People of Walmart". Apparently, these are supposed to be uproariously fun...
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