Posts tagged Weight Loss
Website Works Wonders for Weight Loss Management
Losing weight is easy compared to keeping it off long-term, even with weight loss surgery. As reflected in the high number of participant dropout rates, one of the biggest challenges for any weight loss program is keeping patients engaged in long-term treatment of weight management. This challenging situation was the basis for a study sponsored [...]
Read the full article →A Family Affair Improves Weight Loss Surgery Results
A new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery has found that weight loss surgery is more successful when done with a family member. The researchers followed 91 patients from 41 families who had gastric bypass surgery with a family member (husband and wife, parent and child, [...]
Read the full article →Orexigen Asks FDA for Approval of Contrave Weight Loss Drug
Following successful results in clinical trials with its potential weight loss drug Contrave, Orexigen Therapeutics has taken the next step for market approval and submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Contrave is now one of several obesity drugs that are currently awaiting FDA approval. Rather than affecting [...]
Read the full article →Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Boosts Success of Weight Loss Surgery
Weight loss surgery is considered the most effective treatment for severe obesity, but results are mixed and vary from patient to patient. While surgical intervention is generally successful, not every patient achieves or maintains significant and permanent loss of excess weight. Weight loss is difficult, but new research indicates that cognitive behavioral therapy can play [...]
Read the full article →Results and Complications 10 Years After Gastric Banding
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is one of the most frequently performed types of weight loss surgery. This surgical treatment for obesity, which involves implanting a medical device to control eating, has been gaining in popularity ever since it became available, largely due to its apparent safety and simplicity compared to the gastric bypass procedures. [...]
Read the full article →Tongue Patch Results in Drastic Weight Loss
A unique approach to weight loss is being offered by Dr. Nikolas Chugay, a leading Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon based in Southern California. He claims that his invention, which he has dubbed the “miracle patch,” is a revolutionary new weight loss procedure with impressive results. The custom fitted patch is a small piece of mesh that [...]
Read the full article →Fake Gastric Band Results in Weight Loss
So does thinking you have a gastric band really work as well as actually having a gastric band? Last summer, Marion Corns, a 35 year old woman from Britain, was treated with Gastric mind Band (GmB) therapy at the Elite Clinic in Marbella Spain. After being hypnotized into thinking a gastric band was placed around [...]
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