Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Diabetes Patients: Study
Link to Article |http://www.nationalpost.com/Weight+loss+surgery+helps+obese+diabetes+patients+study/3405256/story.html
Written By: Julie Steenhuysen
MONDAY, August 16th, 2010 (Reuters) – Three-fourths of obese diabetics who had weight-loss surgery were able to quit taking diabetes drugs within six months of their operation, U.S. researchers said today, citing a new study.
They said the surgery may eliminate [...]

ASMBS: No Excess Risk with Gastric Banding in Teens
Link to Article | http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASMBS/20936
Written By: Charles Bankhead
MONDAY, June 28th 2010 (MedPage Today) – Obese adolescents lost just as much weight as adults did with no increased risk after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, data from a case-matched cohort study showed.
Excess weight loss increased from 21.5% at six months [...]

“Lap-Band” Weight Loss Surgery in Very Obese Adults Improves Mental Health
Link to Article | http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/06/21/lap.band.weight.loss.surgery.very.obese.adults.improves.mental.health
MONDAY, June 21st 2010 (E! Science News) – One year after weight loss surgery with laparoscopic gastric banding, extremely obese adults demonstrate not only better physical health but also improved psychological health, a new study shows. The results will be presented Monday [...]

Confidence Rises in Weight-Loss Surgery
Link to Article|http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/confidence-rises-in-weight-loss-surgery/1069203
Written By: Richard Martin
SUNDAY, Jan 31st, 2010 (tampabay.com) — Every year, about 250,000 people in the United States undergo surgery to lose weight, paying – or having their insurance companies pay – tens of thousands of dollars for procedures that essentially restrict how much food they can take in.
But [...]

Lap-Band Surgery Effective for Morbidly Obese Children, Study Finds
Link to Article| http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091103171911.htm
FRIDAY, Nov 6th, 2009 (ScienceDaily) – A surgeon at Children’s National Medical Center and his colleagues from New York University have found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Lap band) to improve the health of morbidly obese adolescents.

Weight-loss Surgery Worthwhile for Diabetes
Link to article | http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5374BC20090408
WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2009 (Reuters Health) – As a strategy for treating type 2 diabetes in obese individuals, gastric surgery to induce weight loss is effective and worth the cost, investigators in Melbourne, Australia, report.
A recent clinical trial showed that “surgically induced weight loss leads to the [...]

Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Teens’ Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Diabetes
Link to article | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611142409.htm
MONDAY, June 22, 2009 (Science Daily) — In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study found. The results were presented at The Endocrine [...]

Obesity Surgery May Be Long-Term Diabetes Solution
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By CTV News Staff
WEDNESDAY, Jun  24, 2009 (CTV.ca) - New research is revealing that obesity surgery does more than simply help patients lose weight; it may also “cure” type 2 diabetes for five years or longer.
In two new studies presented at the annual meeting of the [...]

Expected Weight Loss is Based on Several Factors
It is important to remember that weight loss surgery is not a magic wand that can make all your excess weight disappear in an instant. In fact, most patients choose Lap-Band surgery because it promotes weight loss at a healthier, more gradual pace.  At this point is important [...]

Setting the Record Straight About Lap-Band Myths
The Lap-Band and other gastric banding procedures are relatively new and with that comes miscommunications and sometimes data that is not exactly accurate or is incorrectly attributed to one procedure rather than another. Hopefully this will disspell some of those myths and set the record straight.
Myth #1 – People [...]