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Trends in the Perception of Obesity

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

NEW COLUMN: The Mentored Student Clinical Casebook First year medical students at Harvard Medical School are paired with a faculty member and a patient for the year. The student assignment is to go to all of the information sessions, and preoperative, introperative, and postoperative appointments. This column is a collection of the essays written by […]

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Ed Mason at Large

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

This ongoing column is dedicated to sharing with readers the life and  experiences of Dr. Edward Mason. Column Editor: Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN Ms. Martinez is the Program Director for Wittgrove Bariatric Center in La Jolla, California.

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ASMBS News and Update—May 2012

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

by Robin L. Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Blackstone is President of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medical Director, Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Taste Changes after Bariatric Surgery: What to Do when Your Patients Cannot Stand the Taste of Their Food

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient This month: Taste Changes after Bariatric Surgery:  What to Do when Your Patients Cannot Stand the Taste of Their Food This Month’s Contributor: Jennifer Traub, RD, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian, Hurley Bariatric Center, Flint, Michigan

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Declines to Provide Coverage for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Disappointing News for Patients, Surgeons, and Advocates

| April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dear Readers of Bariatric Times: I would like to start this editorial by relaying the disappointing news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has declined to provide coverage for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) as valid bariatric treatment modality. It is unfortunate that the ones affected by this decision are the ones that, […]

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How to Place an Access Port

How to Place an Access Port

| April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Column Editors: Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS This month’s technique: Adjustable Gastric Banding: Part 2—How to Place an Access Port

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Qnexa (phentermine/topiramate): Past, Present, and Future

| April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

New Column! Medical Methods in Obesity Treatment This month: QNEXA: Past, Present, and Future by Craig Primack, MD, FAAP, and Wendy Scinta, MD, MS, FAAFP, FASBP

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Myths Associated with Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

Myths Associated with Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

| April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Exclusive Series: The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy Initiative Bariatric Surgery: Beyond Restriction and Malabsorption Myth 1: “Weight can be reliably controlled by voluntarily adjusting energy balance through diet and exercise.” by Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD; Randy J. Seeley, PhD; and Jason L. Harris, PhD

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Coding for Laboratory Testing

| April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

by Christine Napora, CPC Ms. Napora is the Owner of Bariatric Billing, Coding and Consulting (BBC) Services in Los Angeles, California. She also resides on the ASMBS insurance committee.

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Obesity, Surgery, and Perioperative Inflammation Research: Where is it Going?

| April 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dr. Schumann is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

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