Apr 14, 2016 | Bariatrics, Diabetes, Sleep Apnea, Weight Loss Surgery
As a bariatric surgery office, we perform surgery for the treatment of obesity that helps to improve overall quality of life, as well as medical problems related to obesity such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux, weight-bearing joint...
Apr 14, 2015 | Bariatrics, Diabetes, Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery
By Mark A. Colquitt, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Bariatric Surgeon It’s not a new notion that bariatric surgery, especially gastric bypass, often puts patients’ diabetes into remission. It’s something that weight loss surgeons have long known by witnessing the phenomenon in...
Aug 11, 2011 | Bariatrics, Diabetes, Obesity, Success, Weight Loss Surgery
In our society, women tend to worry more about weight than their male counterparts. As demonstrated by the success of our patient Milton Cooper, weight management is equally important for men. And, as we often say, the health benefits of weight loss are much more...
Dec 3, 2010 | Bariatrics, Diabetes, Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery
The American Diabetes Association estimates that diabetes costs this country more than $174 billion per year. Breaking that figure down to an individual level brings home how financially straining the disease can be to diabetics. The American Diabetes Association and...
