Gallstones and Lap-Band Surgery

Conditions such as increased weight, a diet rich in fat and cholesterol, cholesterol-lowering medication, diabetes, and extreme weight loss can significantly put you more at risk for developing gallstones. Because so many of the increased risk factors are closely related to eating habits, gallbladder infections can be slightly more common among bariatric patients. Due to the increased risk, at DayOne …

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Lessons from Successful Lap-Band Patients

Many patients who come to DayOne Health for their first consultation ask us: how do I know it’s going to work? After all, if you are considering a weight loss surgery, you must have already tried most everything else already. Everything else that promised you amazing results in no time, with minimum sacrifice, and none of it worked. If that is the …

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What is the Difference between Lap-Band and Gastric Bypass?

Despite the common goal of significant long-term weight loss, the gastric bypass and the lap-band surgeries couldn’t be more different. First of all, keep in mind that the gastric bypass is a weight loss procedure focused on the rerouting of your digestive tract to reduce both the amount of food you eat and the amount of nutrients you absorb. In contrast, the lap-band procedure is a purely restrictive procedure …

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No Plus-Size Pregnancy with Weight Loss Surgery

It is estimated that about a third of women in childbearing age in United States is classified as obese. According to doctors, being overweight may significantly increase health risks to pregnant women and their babies. Researchers from John Hopkins University concluded in their recent study that losing weight before pregnancy may not only make getting pregnant easier, but also prevent future pregnancy complications common for the overweight moms. Exercising, diet, and weight loss drugs …

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The Importance of Support Groups After Weight Loss Surgery

Do you think support groups are helpful after your weight loss surgery?

Here at DayOne Health in Chicago, we think they are! A recent study, showed that patients who attended support groups achieved more weight loss by a mean BMI decrease of 9.7 +/- 1.9 than patients who did not attend support group. What does this mean for patients?

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