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07/25/2008 01:14 AM
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07/22/2008 12:30 PM
Ontario launches $741-million diabetes strategy (The Globe and Mail)
Insulin pumps to be funded for adults with type 1 diabetes, more bariatric surgery and a provincial registry on tap in four-year strategy announced Tuesday

07/23/2008 05:52 PM
Fighting Obesity: Special Report Part 3 (KAUZ Wichita Falls)
We continue our look it Weight Loss Surgery tonight with the miraculous health benefit claims. It's being said that Bariatric Surgery is curing diabetes!

07/25/2008 06:28 AM
Granite City woman is first in country to undergo new obesity surgery at Barnes (Belleville News-Democrat)
A Granite City woman has become the first patient in the country to undergo a new obesity procedure that can restrict the size of the stomach without an incision.

07/22/2008 12:14 PM
U.S. rules on bariatric surgery lead some to Mexico (Chicago Tribune)
At 5-foot-3 and 215 pounds, one thing J. never expected to hear was that she was not obese enough.

07/25/2008 12:41 AM
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Nurses' Notes - Bariatric surgery could be a lifesaver Fifty-seven percent of Montana residents are overweight or obese. This costs us $175 million dollars a year in health care and lost work productivity.

07/23/2008 01:13 AM
New bariatric program set to start soon (Deseret Morning News)
A new bariatric surgery program is set to begin at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

07/25/2008 12:40 AM
Nurses' Notes - Bariatric surgery could be a lifesaver (Missoulian)
Fifty-seven percent of Montana residents are overweight or obese. This costs us $175 million dollars a year in health care and lost work productivity. Being overweight is associated with many physical problems, but when does being overweight change to being obese?

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  3 Steps Gastric Bypass Patients Can Take to Avoid Calcium Deficiency

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Kaye Bailey

Most Americans do not get enough calcium in their diets; the average daily intake is 500 milligrams shy of the RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) of 1,000 to 1,500 milligrams.

Gastric bypass patients are even more unlikely to intake adequate dietary calcium and without supplementation they may become calcium deficient which ultimately results in osteoporosis. Weight loss surgery patients are limited by the volume of calcium rich foods they may consume. In addition, the malabsorption issue resulting from gastric bypass presents another problem. Since the bowel does not readily absorb calcium and the stomach is drastically shortened there is limited opportunity for the calcium to be absorbed in the body.

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body – we have two or three pounds of it, most of which is located in the bones and teeth. In addition to building bones and teeth, calcium is an electrolyte required for transmitting nerve signals, water balance, acid/alkaline balance and maintaining osmotic pressure. It helps the blood to clot and is necessary for the heart muscle function. It’s long been known that calcium will aid in the prevention of osteoporosis, but new studies are identifying calcium for it’s anticancer actions within the colon.

Most dietary calcium comes from dairy products but can also be found in sardines, canned salmon, green leafy vegetables and tofu. The National Academy of Sciences has raised the calcium guideline to 1,000 milligrams a day for people under 51, and to 1,200-1,500 milligrams a day for people over 51.

Gastric bypass patients can do three things to better assimilate calcium in the body:

First, take a chewable calcium supplement twice daily.

Second, exercise consistently.

Third, enjoy sunshine every day.

Chewable supplements taken twice daily will more rapidly dissolve and assimilate into the body than hard pills. They should be 500 milligrams each; the body cannot absorb more than 500 milligrams at a time. The best supplements are calcium citrate, calcium carbonate and calcium lactate.

Next, studies show that people who exercise regularly better assimilate calcium into the body than sedentary individuals. Even though US Astronauts take calcium supplements in orbit, they return to Earth calcium deficient; NASA believes lack of physical activity prevents their bodies from assimilating the calcium.

Finally, get some sunshine. Twenty minutes a day of direct or indirect sunlight will give the body plenty of natural vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin”, which is necessary for calcium assimilation.

Doing these three things will make you feel great today and will contribute to healthier aging. Osteoporosis is an epidemic in this country and is directly attributed to calcium deficiency. We all know that when an elderly person falls and breaks a hip death is imminent. Osteoporosis is nearly always the reason why hipbones break when older people fall. In the case of osteoporosis there is nothing the body can do to defend itself from the loss of calcium associated with aging. Supplementation is necessary throughout adulthood to prevent chronic calcium deficiency.

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07/23/2008 05:52 PM
Fighting Obesity: Special Report Part 3 (KAUZ Wichita Falls)
We continue our look it Weight Loss Surgery tonight with the miraculous health benefit claims. It's being said that Bariatric Surgery is curing diabetes!

07/20/2008 03:11 AM
Bumstead: Is shrimp crimping my fat-burning groove? (Eaton Rapids Community News)
The following is the fourth in an ongoing series of columns about Carla Bumstead's experience with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. She had the surgery April 15, 2008.

07/22/2008 03:16 PM
Surgery leaves no incision (Miami Herald)
Eight years ago, Darlene Dillard was obese. At 58, 280 pounds hung on her 5-foot-2-inch frame. She was borderline diabetic, had high blood pressure and couldn't tie her shoes.

07/23/2008 01:13 AM
New bariatric program set to start soon (Deseret Morning News)
A new bariatric surgery program is set to begin at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

07/24/2008 10:31 PM
Memorial’s Bariatric Program Receives BlueCross And BlueShield Association Special Designation (The Chattanoogan)
The BlueCross and BlueShield Association has designated Memorial Hospital’s Bariatric Program as a Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery. Memorial is the only hospital in Chattanooga to receive this recognition.

07/15/2008 01:15 PM
Laparoscopic gastric bypass provides better results (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Performing gastric bypass surgery to reduce the weight of morbidly obese patients using a laparoscopic method, rather than the conventional more invasive "open" abdominal method, reduces postoperative complications, the need for a second operation, and shortens hospital stays, new research shows. Nevertheless, laparoscopic gastric bypass is more expensive.

07/25/2008 12:40 AM
Nurses' Notes - Bariatric surgery could be a lifesaver (Missoulian)
Fifty-seven percent of Montana residents are overweight or obese. This costs us $175 million dollars a year in health care and lost work productivity. Being overweight is associated with many physical problems, but when does being overweight change to being obese?

07/25/2008 06:28 AM
Granite City woman is first in country to undergo new obesity surgery at Barnes (Belleville News-Democrat)
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07/23/2008 05:24 PM
Comprehensive bariatric surgery now offered locally (NBC 2 Fort Myers)
Gastric bypass and lap band surgeries have been offered for years, but there hasn't been a complete program in Lee County, until now. Lee Memorial Health Systems has introduced a comprehensive bariatric surgery program.

07/21/2008 03:53 PM
Gastric Bypass Surgery and Diabetes (KAMC Lubbock)
Gastric bypass surgery may be an option for more than just weight loss. It may also help with type-2 diabetes. One hospital hopes to prove that a similar surgery could help non-obese diabetics.

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