| Liver Health Improves after Bariatric Surgery
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Does bariatric surgery reverse the damaging effects on the liver caused by an excess of fat? The results of this study conducted at the University of Texas Medical Branch demonstrate the effects are reversed. This was not the case earlier in the history of this surgery according to the principal investigator on this study Dr. Raj Mummadi, "The overall liver health deteriorated of some patients who underwent the surgery in the past." Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in people who are obese and can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is inflammation of the liver and often results in the need for a liver transplantation."Multiple studies and extensive data are available on the outcomes of other complications of obesity like diabetes and heart disease after weight loss surgery but clear-cut data is lacking on the outcome of a deadly complication like NASH," says Dr.
Waddell believes there's American revolution in hockey
Thrashers general manager Don Waddell is as passionate about USA Hockey as he is his team in Atlanta. So it's not surprising that he recently called Dallas center Mike Modano a great player and even better person. The two are friends, and Waddell has been following Modano's chase this week to become the record holder for career points by a U.S.-born hockey player. .
Blame obesity on genes, not fast food?
AT THE Obesity Society's scientific shindig in New Orleans, 2,000 experts in the field chowed down on gumbo, jambalaya and rich sauces while a band played, booze flowed and people danced around with their plates of pralines and pecan pie. But professor Barbara Hansen stuck mainly to the cold shrimp. She was the founding president of the Silver Spring, Md.-based society a quarter-century ago, and she clearly knows a thing or two about health and longevity and weight maintenance. You can tell just by looking at her. Dressed in cocktail-party black with a neat silver chignon, she looked much younger than her 65 years, not to mention quite slender. She may be the grand dame of obesity research, but don't mention her eating habits to her. Shrimp just happens to be her favorite food, and the idea that we control our destiny where obesity is concerned or what we eat has anything to do with obesity at all makes her so furious she'll come after you like one of the rhesus monkeys she studies as director of the Obesity, Diabetes and Aging Research Center at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.
Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ENHANCE Trial
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals today announced that an independent panel of clinical and biostatistics experts was convened on Friday, November 16, 2007 to offer advice about the prospective analysis of the ENHANCE trial. ENHANCE is a multinational, randomized, double-blind, trial that examines the effects of the highest approved dose of VYTORIN/INEGY (10 mg ezetimibe + 80 mg simvastatin) versus the highest approved dose of simvastatin 80 mg alone in patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). Patients with this uncommon genetic condition usually have very high cholesterol levels. HeFH occurs in approximately 0.2 percent of the population. .
Letters to the Editor for Nov. 21
On Feb. 17, 2005, near El Paso, Texas, Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean attempted to apprehend an illegal drug runner coming through our country.When he was stopped, he got out of his truck. The agents approached him at which time he threw dirt in one of their faces, then reached into his truck and turned with something shiny in his hand which later was discovered to be a cell phone. It could just as well have been a weapon. He then fled on foot. The agents fired their weapons at him, about 14 to 15 shots. Now, either the agents cannot shoot straight or they were only trying to scare him into stopping. Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila ended up with a bullet in his butt.Ramos and Compean had, until this incident, been exceptional agents for many years, blemish-free records both.
Study: Don't blame babies
Despite the fears of some nursing moms, breastfeeding does not cause sagging breasts, a study has found. Researchers at a University of Kentucky plastic surgery clinic examined 93 patients who had experienced at least one pregnancy and had an average age of 39. Fifty-four women had breastfed at least one child, for an average of nine months. There was no significant difference in breast sagging between these women and the 39 moms who did not breastfeed. But other factors did increase the likelihood of sagging. They include age, obesity, more pregnancies, larger pre-pregnancy cup size and smoking. Dr. Brian Rinker and colleagues reported the study at a meeting last week of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. "These findings support the assertion of pediatricians and lactation specialists that breastfeeding does not adversely affect breast shape," researchers wrote.
Bariatric Partners, Inc. Appoints Bruce McDaniel as Chief Financial Officer
Prior to his joining Bariatric Partners, Inc., Mr. McDaniel served as Chief Operating Officer for Renal Ventures Management, LLC. Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) November 9, 2007 -- Bariatric Partners, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, NC, announced today that it has appointed Bruce McDaniel to the office of Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Prior to his joining Bariatric Partners, Inc., Mr. McDaniel served as Chief Operating Officer for Renal Ventures Management, LLC. In his role as Chief Financial Officer for Bariatric Partners, Mr. McDaniel will oversee all financial aspects and duties of the corporation as well as all financial duties related to the operation of each of Bariatric Partners, Inc.'s specialty ambulatory surgical centers across the United States, operating under the brand name JourneyLiteSM.
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