Gastric bypass works for GERD and obesity in patients with prior surgery, says Pitt study
...phageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms in morbidly obese patients who had previous antireflux surgery, with...ave subsequently gained significant weight, and in obese patients who have had previous antireflux procedures and continued to have problems with GERD. This ...Sexual quality of life lower for the obese
...s were small compared to the disparity between the obese and normal weight study populations. "Our study sh...iking difference in sexual quality of life between obese and normal weight people. Sexual quality of life is an important issue for everyone, and with the gr...Very low-carbohydrate diets work for men and upper body fat
... the low- carbohydrate diet. Fifteen overweight or obese men, and thirteen women, were randomly assigned to a very low carbohydrate diet or a low fat diet. After fifty days, they were switched to the other diet. 11 of the 15 men did better on the low carbohydrate diet, six lost greater than 10 lbs more on ...News tips for Tuesday, November 9, 2004
...rank coffee. The association was much stronger in obese women (22 percent reduction) and overweight women ...ial implications appear particularly important for obese and overweight women....Overweight men spend more on prescription drugs than normal-weight men
...cy. Overweight men averaged $39.27 per month, and obese men spent $80.31 per month about 3.5 times what t...than 25; overweight men had a BMI of 25 to 30; and obese men had a BMI higher than 30. Fifteen percent of the men studied were normal weight, 52 percent wer...Maintaining stable weight, even in the obese, reduces heart risks
... a stable weight -- even in individuals considered obese significantly reduces those risks, according to a study led by a Northwestern University researcher. Donald Lloyd-Jones, M.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine and of medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, p...Obesity linked to another cancer - leukemia in older women
... Center and the lead researcher on this study. "In obese women age 55 and older and with a BMI of 30 or gre...eased among women who reported being overweight or obese compared with women of normal weight," Ross says. We don't know why higher BMI would be associated w...Study: Physical activity in middle age cuts risk of early death
...sued more vigorous activities. Even those who were obese had a lower risk of dying if they were regularly active. The results, published in the November issue of the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, are from a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School and the VA ...Obese women face higher risk of colorectal cancer
...important for physicians counseling overweight and obese women about colorectal cancer screening in light of their increased risk....Studies link obesity to increased frequency of heartburn symptoms; greater risk of esophageal cancer
...s of heartburn and GERD are highly prevalent among obese patients according to research presented at the 69...Brook examined a consecutive series of 56 morbidly obese patients for the prevalence of GERD symptoms, acid reflux, and esophagitis. Her study compared the ...Breast cancer risk, prognosis and weight gain reduced with physical activity
...ase, and a more advanced stage at diagnosis. Fewer obese breast cancer survivors met the recommendation than overweight and lean survivors. Irwin and colleagues studied 806 women with early stage breast cancer. The women were participating in the Health, Eating, Activity and Lifestyle (HEAL) study, a popul...Obese patients have higher health care costs than nonobese patients
CHICAGO Compared to nonobese persons, obese patients had higher average health care costs over...ues compared the one-year health care costs in 539 obese and 1,225 nonobese people, matched by age (within five years), sex, and primary outpatient medical o...High-fat diets hammer memory, more than a waistline worry
...ine at the VA Medical Center in St. Louis compared obese CD-1 mice with normal-weight CD-1 mice in learning...he shock five times in six consecutive trials. The obese mice took significantly more trials than the normal-weight mice to both acquire and retain a memory ...Significant pain relief following gastric bypass surgery
... prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) complaints in obese patients before and after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. The researchers concluded that the complaints, which involved joint and tendon pain, decreased significantly following surgery and initial weight loss, even in non-weight bearing areas of t...Weight loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese patients
... JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, obese patients are at risk for numerous health problems,...ember 1, 1999 through March 31, 2002, 645 morbidly obese patients enrolled in a surgical weight loss program and were followed up for one year after their su...Patients undergoing weight loss surgery have high rates of H pylori bacteria
..., one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The number of obese and morbidly obese Americans is steadily increasing, according to background information in the article. It is estimate...Intra-abdominal fat in older women
...ncipal investigator in the study. "Everyone who is obese does not seem to be at the same risk for cardio-vascular disease. We were interested in why some obese people are at a higher disease risk than others," said Dr. Nicklas, associate professor in the secti...A controlled study of peripheral neuropathy after bariatric surgery
...ric surgery approved for treatment of the morbidly obese by the NIH (gastric bypass and 'stomach stapling') were compared with the charts of 123 obese patients who had gall bladder surgery to determine whether bariatric surgery or abdominal surgery in...Gastric bypass and stomach-stapling patients should recognize risk of nerve injury post-surgery
...n, the team also identified a control group of 123 obese patients who had undergone open gallbladder removal, another abdominal surgery. Only 3 percent of the control group developed a peripheral neuropathy. "This is highly statistically significant," says Dr. Dyck. "We believe that the peripheral neurop...