Dear Readers:

In this issue of Bariatric Times, we present three articles that discuss frequent medical conditions that relate to the obesity disease and bariatric surgery. These conditions are osteoarthritis (OA), fatty liver infiltration/nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH), and marginal ulcerations (MUs). Read the rest of this article »

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):8–9 Read the rest of this article »

Ask the Experts: Dilemmas in Bariatric Surgery

This month’s dilemma:
Managing a leak after sleeve gastrectomy

This month’s expert:
Kelvin Higa, MD

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1)10–11 Read the rest of this article »

by James Choi, MD; Jonathan Schaffer, MD, MBA

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):12–14 Read the rest of this article »

The National Association of Bariatric Nurses (NABN) Sixth Annual Meeting and Conference
Orlando, Florida, November 4–6, 2009

by Laurie D. McGinley, RN, MS, CNS-BC, APN, CBN

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):15 Read the rest of this article »

by Jacqueline Jacques, ND

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):18–22

This is a CE-accredited article. Instructions and post-test are at the end of the article. A downloadable PDF of instructions and post-test are also available here. Read the rest of this article »

by Camellia Racu, MD, MPH; Amir Mehran, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(1):23–25 Read the rest of this article »

by Valdo Ricca, MD; Giovanni Castellini, MD; Carolina Lo Sauro, MD; Carlo M. Rotella, MD; and Carlo Faravelli, MD
Drs. Ricca, Castellini, and Lo Sauro are from the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Dr. Rotella is from the Department of Pathophysiology, Unit of Endocrinology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; and Dr. Faravelli is from the Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Excerpted from Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009;6(11):23–28 Read the rest of this article »