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Study Demonstrates the Long Term Benefit of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. By: Dr. Mark A. Fusco, LifeShape Medical Director & Board Certified General Surgeon

An important factor in our decision to specialize in Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Lap-Band) is that banding is an effective and safe weight loss procedure. Since its clinical introduction in 1993, close to a million Lap-Band procedures have been performed…

Improvement in Diabetes and Metabolic Response after Lap-Band. By: Dr. Mark A. Fusco, LifeShape Medical Director & Board Certified General Surgeon

A new study shows that weight loss from laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Lap-Band) improves metabolic response as well as weight loss from gastric bypass, in obese, non-diabetic adults who are insulin resistant. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine…

Gut feelings about diabetes

New research has discovered something surprising: a study in mice found that issues with controlling blood sugar–the hallmark of diabetes–may start in the intestines. It has long been theorized that diabetes begins in the liver or pancreas, but researchers at…