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Hospitals across the country are creating specialized bariatric emergency room treatment areas to better accommodate patients affected by obesity. In addition, to improved care for patients, the specialized areas will also protect staff when lifting and moving patients. The treatment rooms are equipped with larger beds, floor mounted toilets, high
Many of us who are bariatric patients have had a lifelong struggle with obesity. I’m no different. I had been morbidly obese for most of my life, and during a time when obesity was most often seen as a character flaw, or for a child, indictment of the parents for
Receiving an insurance denial for weight loss surgery can be upsetting news for many patients. Often patients have invested months into preparation for the chance to have life changing and saving surgery only to receive a big "no". However, a denial does not mean all hope is gone. While the
Weight loss surgery has been a life-transforming gateway for hundreds of thousands of people. New activities. New wardrobes. New relationships. The list goes on! Some of these victories wind up having more of a shorter-term impact. One transformation of longer-term significance, however, is that of attaining a new career. Katie
As a little girl, I was a magician that would rearrange cookies in the cookie jar to cover up how many cookies I'd eaten on the sly. It wasn't just a cute phase or a small blip in my life. I've always struggled with emotional eating and the shame that
We would like to acknowledge the amazing sponsors and exhibitors of the 2014 ObesityHelp National Conference. We appreciate their generous support and dedication to helping fight obesity. Platinum Sponsor: A Lighter Me A Lighter Me conference highlights: Sponsored the Red Carpet Photo Booth and the After Party. (Check out the pics!) Introduced a brand
As Atticus Finch once said in To Kill a Mockingbird, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." If you have never tipped the scales in the 300 plus pounds mark, I am sure
Alexis Shapiro, the 12-year-old Texas girl who underwent weight loss surgery earlier this year to control a rare, medically induced obesity, returned to school this week. Once a normal weight child, Alexis rapidly gained 140 pounds after brain surgery, where the doctors removed a brain tumor. She was left with
Today almost 26 million Americans have Type 2 Diabetes and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue. The risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people of similar
