Category Archives: Lap-Band News

What Does the Lap Band Procedure Process Entail? Before embarking on the lap band surgery road, it is important to outline the process in efforts to make this journey as seamless as possible. To dive more in depth about the lap band process, here is what the surgery consists of: During this procedure, your surgeon […]

Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB) is a misunderstood weight loss surgical procedure that has helped thousands of patients suffering from obesity for 24 years. Most bariatric surgical procedures such as the lap-band, require multiple interventions (beginning with least invasive to more invasive) during a patient’s life, just like other chronic diseases. While the article in JAMA […]

Medical research has shown that those who are currently obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 30-40 will likely remain so without intervention. Obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death in the has been shown to have a correlation to life-threatening conditions such as heart disease, diabetes mellitus Type II, and high blood […]

Are you an overweight female who is experiencing reduction in sex drive, difficulty becoming aroused, inability to achieve orgasm, a strong dislike of sexual activity, or pain with sexual activity or intercourse? Have you had weight loss surgery? If so, you will find these study results done by Dale S. Bond, assistant professor of psychiatry […]