As we have stated in this blog before, there are many additional benefits of bariatric surgery, beside the obvious weight loss, from the Halo Effect to increasing life expectancy. A recent study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology shows that Bariatric surgery is associated with a robust increase in testosterone concentrations in male adolescents with severe obesity.
The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), the program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers, a combination from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgert (ASMBS). Both Institutions of which I am an active member, launched a couple of years a surgical risk/benefit calculator that will provide people considering Weight Loss Surgery with accurate patient-specific information to guide surgical decision making and informed consent. You can Click here for direct access to the calculator.
Manga Gástrica is one of the most common bariatric surgeries, designed to reduce the size of the stomach, it helps people who have struggled with obesity to loose weight and has many others, significant and palpable benefits. Here, at My New Body Obesity Center we have helped people from all over the world live healthier
Much has been researched and written about how obesity can negatively affect your heart, lungs, liver, and many other valuable organs in your body, but what about your brain? MRI scans show how obesity affects the brain
Researchers from the University of São Paulo have found that the brains of teenagers struggling with obesity appear to show signs of damage that may be related to inflammation.
If you think of the most popular foods, French fries, Pizza, Ice cream will surerly make the list. And most likely you will find a common denominator in the list: sugar, salt, and fat. And naturally one questions arises: Why do we overindulge in foods we know are not healthy and are the main cause for the obesity epidemic?
What is the link between Bariatric Surgery and COVID-19? A study among patients who have undergone Weight Loss Surgery was conducted by the Cleveland Clinic. The results were published in the journal of Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, showing that patients with bariatric surgery have a significant lower risk of being hospitalized and intensive care unit admission, after being infected with COVID-19.
Obesity-related conditions appear to worsen the effect of COVID-19; the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that people with heart coniditions and diabetes are at greater risk of COVID-19 complications.
As you already know the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is impacting all of us, the amount of information (and misinformation) spreading around is almost as frightening as the virus. In these uncertain times we will like to reach out to you to support your travel plans (for those who have a procedure schedule with us) and/or inform you about the measures we are taken to maximize safety if you are considering coming in the near future. As the situation around COVID-19 (Coronavirus) continues to evolve, we are doing everything we can possibly can to ensure your safety and well being.
Your Safety
As always has been, the safety of our patients is our top priority. We take great pride in maintaning the highest standard in hygiene and safety protocols. In response to coronavirus , we have taken additional measures develop in consultation with local and international health authorities (including the WHO and CDC) to make our protocols even more rigorous.
About Coronavirus in Mexico
At the moment, there are only very few cases reported in Mexico, and there are NO travel bans or any kind of restrictions taken by any local or international health departments. For more information, you can visit the official website of the CDC (Centers of Disease Control and Preventio) and/or the World Health Organization
Despite the fact that obesity affects men and women evenly, women are much more likely than men to undergo weigh loss surgery. In fact, 87% of My New Body’s Obesity Center patients are women. Unfortunately this happens with several health related problems. The main reason I found among my patients is cultural. Sexist culture significantly affects the approach we men have about health. We (men) are less concerned about our health until we get older and face more serious problems and this is a serious problem. Men die on average 6 years earlier than women, and for largely preventable reasons. Women seem to be more aware of their health and are willing to take action earlier in their lives. When talking about Weight Loss Surgery they (women) are much more willing to look at surgical weight loss earlier in life, whereas men tend to wait until they have more co-morbidities (adverse health conditions). Men are always reluctant to seek professional help to treat health related problems.
When performing a Gastric Sleeve Surgery we remove a part of your stomach (around 80%) leaving the remaining of the stomach in a tube shape (or sleeve shape). To calibrate the size of the stomach we use a calibration tube commonly known as: Bougie.
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