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The reality of obesity, weight loss surgery and other things

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Weight Loss surgery stories or -- ads?

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The latest news on Weight Loss surgery reminds us that the media openly admits they don't feel obligated to tell the truth. And often wh...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Guest blog - Daily Life with a gastric bypass

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In this guest blog by Lisa Sargese, a college professor, who had a gastric bypass several years ago, she details how it feels to fight o...
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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...
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