Articles in Obesity
The Spider, TOGA System – Latest Advances in Weight Loss Surgery
Obesity surgery has been found to be the sole long-standing effectual method of weight reduction for people with morbid obesity. Obesity surgery classically appears to work superior as compared to diets, exercising or medications, however similar to all surgeries, there are associated risks, principally amongst these being the operative exposure of the abdominal area and the resultant scars.
However, there are least-invasive means, inclusive of a novel method created by a physician from a N. Carolina medical device firm, Southern Californian.
Doctor Brian Quebbemann, surgery head, The N.E.W. Program weight loss center, Newport Beach in collaboration with TransEnterix have developed the Spider operative device that helps a surgeon in performing bariatric surgery eliminating the need for [...]
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome is a general pattern in the body’s overall metabolism wherein the individual affected would have malevolent ailments like excessive fat around waistline, soaring levels of blood pressure, blood glucose and lipids (triglycerides) and sapped HDL cholesterol levels. Those with metabolic syndrome that do not have these conditions have a high likelihood of developing diabetes.
Collectively, these set of health issues raise the possibility of heart attack, stroke and diabetes.
Metabolic Syndrome Causes:
Metabolic syndrome is the consequence of detrimental lifestyle that comprises of excess calorie intake, being immobile and weight gain especially on the waistline, that leads to the body becoming insulin resistant, elevated blood glucose levels and eventually leading [...]
Kudzu – The Likely Curtailer Of Metabolic Syndrome
Kudzu, the rapidly spreading liana generally deemed an annoyance of sorts as it extends itself all over pathways, might just be on its way to a path-breaking medical revolution.
A latest research that was printed in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry illustrates that the extract of the roots from the kudzu creeper had a potential to curtail unfavourable signs of metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a prevalent set of health-hindering factors that raise the likelihood of diabetes and heart ailments. Those individuals diagnosed with metabolic syndrome display most of the below stated attributes like:
An outsized waistline with men showing forty inches or more and women being thirty-five inches or more.
Depleted levels of HDL cholesterol that is considered as favourable [...]
