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…
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…
Obesity is the most common chronic medical condition in the Western world and studies are finding new conditions that are often worsened by obesity. According to the National Institutes of Health, morbid obesity may considerably reduce life expectancy and is associated…
The following post, reproduced below is from one of my favorite obesity research blogs by Dr. Sharma. Dr. Sharma is a Canadian medical bariatric physician. In this post he reviews a British Medical Journal study that details the average weight…
LifeShape and Dr. Fusco have published a study in the Journal of Sleep and Sleep Disorder. The study evaluates interim data from the APEX study. The Apex study is a multi-center five year study prospectively evaluating severely and morbidly obese…
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…
This month the Archives of Surgery is publishing an article that is abstracted below. It is entitled “Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding” and is by Jacques Himpens, MD; Guy-Bernard Cadière, MD, PhD; Michel Bazi, MD; Michael Vouche, MD;…