Bariatric and Metabolic Institute

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Weight Loss: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Can Help medscape.com Interventions that included specific calorie and fitness targets along with intensive behavioral therapy worked best.

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Race Doesn't Affect Obesity's Toll on Health: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov Race Doesn't Affect Obesity's Toll on Health

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Calm, Positive Family Meals May Help Keep Kids Slim: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov Calm, Positive Family Meals May Help Keep Kids Slim

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'Fat Shaming' Doesn't Motivate Obese People to Lose Weight: Study: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov 'Fat Shaming' Doesn't Motivate Obese People to Lose Weight: Study

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Third Obesity Drug Wins FDA Okay medpagetoday.com Following an earlier snub, the FDA finally approved the weight-loss drug Contrave, a combination of bupropion and naltrexone, the agency announced.

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Obesity Linked to Improved Mortality in Sepsis medscape.com A cohort study has suggested that obesity improves mortality outcomes in older patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit with severe sepsis.

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40 Percent of Americans Will Develop Diabetes, CDC Projects: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately two out of every five Americans will develop type 2 diabetes at some point during their adult lives, according to new U.S. government estimates.

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Appetite, Taste Changes Reported After Weight-Loss Surgery: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov Appetite, Taste Changes Reported After Weight-Loss Surgery

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The Need for Better Obesity Education–In Medical Schools | TIME.com healthland.time.com When it comes to the obesity epidemic, it’s not just patients, but doctors who need an education. In a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers argue that part of the blame for the obesity epidemic lies with physicians – more specifically, the way doctors are ...

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Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Risk for Heart Attack, Death: Study: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Risk for Heart Attack, Death: Study

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Leptin Levels High in Adults Abused as Children Leptin Levels High in Adults Abused as Children medscape.com Adversity during early childhood leads to long-term raised levels of leptin and irisin, which increase the risk for obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders in later life, new data show.

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Moms Who Keep 'Baby Weight' May Risk Heart Trouble: MedlinePlus nlm.nih.gov Moms Who Keep 'Baby Weight' May Risk Heart Trouble

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STAMPEDE: Bariatric Surgery Betters Meds in Obese Diabetics medscape.com New data from the STAMPEDE study indicate bariatric surgery is superior to intensive medical therapy in obese patients with uncontrolled diabetes, at least out to 3 years.

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Dr. Huffman speaks at the McKean County Medical Society | American Bariatric Consultants americanbariatricconsultants.com Dr. Huffman speaks at the McKean County Medical SocietyPosted on March 19, 2014 by Dr. Kevin HuffmanDr. Huffman from American Bariatric Consultants was invited to speak to physicians form  the McKean County Medical Society on March18th at the Pennhills Club in Bradford, PA.Joining Dr. Huffman at his...

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