Patients hate when the doctor goes out of town, but sometimes it’s necessary for Dr. Fowler to travel for continuing education. Dr. Fowler was off island all last week for the 2014 Clinical Congress in San Francisco, California.
MoreAccording to People.com, EJ Johnson lost 50 pounds after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery five weeks ago.
MoreBariatric News is a really great online site with reports on research, technology, events, and policy in the bariatric specialty. They report on the latest clinical studies, policy changes, and product news, announce new annual meetings and events, interview prominent bariatric experts, and host debates between specialists on controversial topics.
MoreAccording to this year’s annual report from The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America, a report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), adult obesity rates in the United States remain high overall with an increase in six states and not a single decrease in any state in the last year.
MoreAccording to the recent article Better Long-Term Diabetes Outcomes w/ Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Medical Management in Healio, an online Endocrinology publication, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy helped adults with type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose control than standard care alone, according to research presented at the joint meeting of the International Congress of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society.
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