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Sep
Episode Gut!
A Gutsy Topic: Ask Dr Ortiz episode on intestinal health. Check out the 30 minute program on a topic which has caught the attention of the world. Follow Lucia Chavez, chief nutritionist and Dr Ortiz as they tackle a subject which is still developing as probably one of the main c...
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Sep
“Healthy Obesity”… There Is No Such Thing!
50% or more of “healthy” obese people will eventually get sick. Until a recent scientific publication in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, no previous studies have examined the long-term consequences of obesity in people with absence of related illness...
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Sep
Adolescents Obesity: The New Epidemic
Adolescent ObesityObesity is a growing disease all around the world, and now adolescents are also being affected. Is the new normal to be obese at younger ages than before? Between the abundance of processed and fast food, and unhealthy living styles, obesity seems on the ris...
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Sep
Can Magnesium Help Me Lose Weight?
Magnesium Deficiency Is Associated With Insulin Resistance in Obese PatientsMagnesium and ObesityOne potential cause for lower serum magnesium in obese youth is low dietary magnesium intake. Studies do show that the calorie-adjusted magnesium intake in obese children...
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Sep
Can I Undergo Bariatric Surgery Even With a Heart Disease?
Obesity and heart diseases…Obesity has now become a critical problem in the U. S. , with the prevalence among adults increasing by nearly 50% during the 1980s and 1990s, now, nearly 70% of adults are classified as overweight or obese compared with fewer than 25% 40 years ago...
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Sep
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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Sep
Bariatric Surgery Reduces Heart Problems…
Obesity as a diseaseObesity has now become a critical problem in the US, with the prevalence among adults, which increased nearly 50% during the 1980s and 1990s. Now, nearly 70% of adults are classified as overweight or obese, compared with fewer than 25% 40 years ago. Recent evid...
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Sep
Does Diabetes Have a Cure? Someone Told Me It Was Possible With Surgery…
Bariatric Surgery and DiabetesUp until recently, diabetes was only treatable with medication, but no permanent cure was known; until stomach surgery, known as bariatric surgery, which reduces the stomach size and ,as a result, dramatically lowers what a person can eat. This surge...
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Sep
If I Don’t Have a Kidney, Can I Still Undergo Bariatric Surgery?
Side effectsObese patients with chronic kidney disease who receive bariatric surgery succeed in losing weight; however, the risk for side effects and surgical complications is high according to a new study, Kidney Week 2013: the American Society of Nephrology in its 46th An...
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Sep
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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Sep
Weighing risks and benefits on weight loss pills.
Excess of weight is a chronic disease that increases the risk of health problems. More than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese. Excess of weight is a chronic disease that increases the risk of health problems, including diabetes, heart disease...
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