Thursday, October 18, 2007


Pre -Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Shortens Post-Surgery Hospital Stay - TopNews

Pre -Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Shortens Post-Surgery Hospital Stay
TopNews, India - 3 hours ago
Physiologic improvements related to weight loss assisted in decreasing the surgical complications, therefore this shortens their hospital stay, ...

What To Do About Varicose Veins - Best Syndication

What To Do About Varicose Veins
Best Syndication, CA - 10 hours ago
Weight loss can help a lot to get relief because excess body weight increases strain and stress to the leg veins. Also try to avoid prolonged periods of ...

Water exercises for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis - News-Medic...

Water exercises for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis
News-Medical.net, Australia - 11 hours ago
"However, aquatic exercise will absolutely prolong the need for surgical intervention and, in some cases, can delay the need for surgery for years. ...

Gastric bypass can have profound effect - Science Daily (press release)

Gastric bypass can have profound effect
Science Daily (press release) - 17 hours ago
full story New Non-Invasive Weight-Loss Surgery Performed (July 23, 2007) -- In the first operations of their kind in Northeastern USA, a bariatric surgery ...

Pre-bariatric surgery weight loss helpful (UPI)
Obese patients who lose up to 10 percent of body weight before bariatric surgery have more rapid postoperative weight loss, a U.S. study found.

Weight loss before bariatric surgery linked to shorter hospital stay (News-Me...
High-risk morbidly obese patients who lose 5 to 10 percent of their excess body weight before undergoing gastric bypass surgery appear to have shorter hospital stays and more rapid postoperative weight loss, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, a theme issue on baria...

Studies Examine Life After Weight-Loss Surgery (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary heart disease and suicide helped fuel the rise in the risk of death among patients after weight-loss surgery, a new study finds.

Pre-bariatric surgery weight loss helpful (EARTHtimes.org)
Obese patients who lose up to 10 percent of body weight before bariatric surgery have more rapid postoperative weight loss, a U.S. study found. Christopher D. Still and colleagues at Geisinger Health System, in Danville, Pa., assessed 884 patients who un...