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Dec

10 Myths About Gastric Surgery

While bariatric surgery is a need for some because of struggling with issues of obesity, for others, it remains an elective procedure to address metabolic diseases and provides an outlet to achieve metabolic health. But the decision to receive surgery, whether required or as an e...

Dec

The Sleeve Sisters: 5 Ordinary Women Take an Extraordinary Journey

The Sleeve Sisters from left to right: Suzanne Morris, Mikaela Brylie, Holly Bell, Rebecca Graham, and Mindy Shipley>>A weight loss journey can be tiring and difficult, but our supportive team at Obesity Control Center strives to make your journey a bit easier and mor...

Dec

THE QUICK FIX FOR CORONAVIRUS: WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY

It takes a pandemic to recognize a pandemic. Now that the meaning of the word is fully understood globally, it will be easier to understand that the increased risk factors in a subset of the population is none other than metabolic disease. It is these that are most likely to deve...

Dec

Regulating Health Tourism: World leaders meet in Tijuana.

The CDC travel warning has now increase to another 30 cases reported in Canada of patients returning home with surgical infections with Antibacterial-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa after having weight loss surg...

Dec

Eighteen-year-old Mexican creates “magic” bra that detects breast cancer.

Winning the competitionThe eighteen-year-old Mexican, Julián Ríos, has won $ 20,000 for getting first place in the Global Student Entrepreneurs' Awards with his project. With the collaboration of Higia a Mexican biosensor company that detects breast...

Dec

One of the Best Bariatric Hospitals for Gastric Surgery

Gastric surgery is a safe, effective solution that can produce life-changing results for those who struggle with weight gain and obesity. But if you aren't careful about which Mexico medical center you choose for your procedure, then you could face several problems dow...

Dec

Article of Dr. Ortiz in Entrepreneur Magazine

“With technology I can take my business to unimaginable places and help more patients.”Ariel is pioneer in the surgery that helps people lose weight. More than 16 years ago, still a resident, he started to specialize in the placement of the gastric band, and when the...

Dec

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...

Dec

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...

Dec

Thinking Surgery or Not to Lose Weight?

Weight Lost Surgery and the benefits of ExercisingIf you're thinking about it, talk to your doctor about the benefits and risks, and whether it’s a good idea for you.After weight loss surgery, success is a long-term project. But if you can stick with a healthy diet an...

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