04
May
Trend or Fact. Are Probiotics Really Necessary?
Dysbiosis, leaky gut, irritable bowel syndrome, gluten, lactose intolerance, helicobacter pylori, immune and allergic response; what do these conditions have in common?MicrobiotaThe microbiota is an ensemble of microorganisms that live in our intestine, and is often refer to as a...
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May
ASMBS and Medical Tourism
Traveling out of the country for surgery?Worried about safety? Complications? Results?Lost in the abundance of published websites and don't know how to rate them objectively?Prices too good to be true? According to a statement from the American Society for Metabol...
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May
The Most Challenging Clinical Case of My Medical Career
Case StudyA professional lawyer with diabetes type II and high blood pressure, was summited to metabolic bariatric surgery. After 24 hours, in post-op, he started bleeding in the high digestive tube, for this reason we had to re-operate. An endoscopy was performed that showed ero...
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May
30 Minutes That Can Save Your Life!
Bariatric Surgery as preventionObesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as in many other countries around the world. The most rapidly growing segment of the obese population is the severely obese (morbidly obese). The health conseq...
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May
¡Los 30 Minutos que Podrían Salvar tu Vida!
La cirugía bariátrica como medida preventiva.La obesidad ha alcanzado proporciones epidémicas en los Estados Unidos, Canadá y México, al igual que en muchos otros países alrededor del mundo. El sector con mayor crecimiento en la poblaci&o...
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May
Ebola and Obesity, is it related?
Are these two epidemics killing us?ObesityThe World Health Organization estimates that more than 1.5 billion adults worldwide are overweight or obese. Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and midd...
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May
Can I Have Alcohol After Bariatric Surgery?
Weight loss and alcoholPatients after undergoing bariatric surgery have various dietary restrictions and limitations, but one point that is often overlooked is whether patients can or cannot drink alcohol.Alcohol consumption, either in small or big amounts, takes commonplace in t...
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May
¿El Sobrepeso Predispone al Cáncer?
El cáncer y su relación con la obesidadLa Organización Mundial de la Salud estima que mas de 1.5 millones de adultos en alrededor del mundo tienen sobre peso o son obesos. Lo que una vez se consideraba un problema exclusivo de países de alta econom&iac...
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May
Is Obesity a Cancer Risk?
Cancer and its relation to obesityThe World Health Organization estimates that more than 1.5 billion adults worldwide are overweight or obese. Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-incom...
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May
After Weight Loss Surgery: Exercise and Nutrition
Weight Loss Surgery and the benefits of ExercisingThe Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2014;64:472-481), report says:A prospective study showed that running for even 5 to 10 minutes a day, once or twice a week, or at slow speed was associated with substantial m...
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