04
May
General Conditions for Bariatric Surgery
ContraindicationsIt is important to know all conditions that may exclude a person from a bariatric program, given that most are relatives. Who are not candidates for bariatric surgery? The fact that one person with an obesity prognosis meets the NHI (National Health Consensus) rega...
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May
“La Última Comida”
La Última ComidaSi se siente tentado a tener una “última comida” o una “comida de despedida”, tome en cuenta que al hacerlo está reabasteciendo su hígado y por ende alargándolo, disminuyendo el propósito de la diet...
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May
Bariatric Surgery Pre-Op-Diet
“The last meal”While you might feel tempted to have a “last meal” or a “private food farewell” you must be aware that doing so you will replenish your liver and ultimately enlarge it, diminishing the purpose of the pre-op diet and making it mor...
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May
The Importance of Good Oral Health
Oral hygieneToday we live in a society that is really conscious about beauty inside and outside. We don't consider that just exclusive for certain people, artists, etc. ; neither is Vanity, in reality we need to take care of the way we look, feel and the way we interact with...
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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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