Julie Pulmano is a nurse in the Bariatric Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida. But before helping patients in the program, she was a patient herself — losing 125…
Lisa Marie Presley died years after bariatric surgery from a complication. Her cause of death was small bowel obstruction. Know the symptoms and causes.
Access to bariatric surgery should be increased, whilst developing safer and less invasive weight loss treatments, in view of the evolution of obesity into a global threat. Abstract Diet, exercise,...
You may have heard the term “bariatric,” but what does it really mean?
Vitamin K, a fat-soluble vitamin, is involved in blood coagulation, bone mineralization, inhibition of vascular calcification, and regulation of numerous enzyme systems. Patients who undergo bariat...
A dissatisfaction with obesity-related comorbidities, most notably hypertension and urinary incontinence, was a motivating factor in choosing to undergo bariatric surgery. Patients expected improve...
AbstractBackgroundThe frequency of Internet use for self-directed medical care in different patient populations is increasing. We evaluated Internet use by patients presenting for bariatric surgery...
Additionally, another complication of bariatric surgery is a small bowel obstruction, which is what led to Presley’s death. “The problem is when you go inside the abdomen and you either...
"This is in line with what I’ve been seeing for the last 20 years," Dr. Curry told Fox News Digital in an email. "Any time a patient undergoes a radical change in their normal lifestyle...
Exercise and diet alone often fails to effectively treat people with extreme and excessive obesity. Bariatric surgery is an operation that is performed in order to help such individuals lose weight...