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HealthDay News published an article about a study indicating that weight loss surgery may help obese patients suffering from Migraines. The finding is based on a small study of 24 severely obese patients with a history of Migraines. The patients underwent either laparoscopic gastric banding surgery or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. According to the report, most […]

Yesterday at the 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes in New York, leading experts presented a statement by The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) supporting weight loss surgery to treat diabetes.  ScienceDaily reported that the statement was written by 20 experts in diabetes and bariatric surgery, who made recommendations on the use […]

At the 2011 Gastric Band Summit taking place yesterday and today in Miami, preliminary data on a new bariatric procedure – Band with Plication – was presented for the first time. This procedure is a routine laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding with the addition of gastric plication below the band. Dr. Jaime Ponce, one of the […]

HealthDay News reported this week about a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) regarding bariatric (weight loss) surgery. The benefits of bariatric surgery may outweigh the risks for some severely obese people, says the AHA. “Specifically, bariatric surgery can lead to improvements in weight-related health problems such as diabetes, high cholesterol, liver […]

Today, Dr Emma Patterson performed the first reported Micro LAP-BAND® procedure (click to view video of a Micro LAP-BAND Procedure). This laparoscopic procedure was performed with 2.7 mm instruments, half the size of normal instruments, which means the tiny scars left behind are barely visible. While LAP-BAND® scars are small anyway, the micro procedure performed […]