Tag: body mass index

Does the Role of Metabolic Surgery in Class I Obesity Differ by Race?

| May 15, 2014 | 0 Comments

by CPT Margaret E. Clark, MD, and LTC (P) Robert B. Lim, MD, FACS Dr. Robert B. Lim, MD, and Margaret E. Clark, MD, are from the Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Abstract It has been consistently shown that metabolic surgery improves and controls diabetes and metabolic syndrome in patients with body mass indices […]

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Molecular Mechanisms Linking Obesity and Cancer

Molecular Mechanisms Linking Obesity and Cancer

| June 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

by George Bouras and Olga Tucker, MD, FRCS, FRCSI Mr. Bouras is Senior Specialist Registrar in Surgery, and Academic Department of Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Dr. Tucker is from Academic Department of Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Bariatric Times. 2011;8(6):16–19

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Updating Criteria for Weight Loss Surgery

| April 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

by Richard J. Joseph, BS; George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD; and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS Mr. Joseph and Dr. Blackburn are from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Jones is from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts.

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