If you are eligible for bariatric surgery, two procedures can be considered: gastric sleeve surgery and gastric bypass surgery. Understanding the key differences and benefits is crucial to making an...
Once you’ve started the process and gotten approved for bariatric surgery, it’s important to follow a pre-op diet. Failure to follow the pre-op diet could compromise the surgery.
“It has been a hard road, but it has been the best thing I ever did for myself.” This is how DeAnn Barfuss describes the emotional weight loss journey she...
U of U Health scientists found that low ceramide levels prior to gastric bypass surgery predicted which patients would achieve remission of the diabetes
A new study shows that patients reap a number of health benefits that persist long-term. They not only maintain weight loss but also have a lower incidence of diabetes and...
Severely obese patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, according to research published in the Aug. 23, 2007...
