| Liver Health Improves after Bariatric Surgery
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Does bariatric surgery reverse the damaging effects on the liver caused by an excess of fat? The results of this study conducted at the University of Texas Medical Branch demonstrate the effects are reversed. This was not the case earlier in the history of this surgery according to the principal investigator on this study Dr. Raj Mummadi, "The overall liver health deteriorated of some patients who underwent the surgery in the past." Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common in people who are obese and can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is inflammation of the liver and often results in the need for a liver transplantation."Multiple studies and extensive data are available on the outcomes of other complications of obesity like diabetes and heart disease after weight loss surgery but clear-cut data is lacking on the outcome of a deadly complication like NASH," says Dr.
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CARING boss Frank Lynch is a coast-to-coast celebrity in the USA after winning a bet that helped save the life of an employee. Millionaire expat Scot Frank, 68 - who once owned the legendary Glasgow Apollo - feared Antonio Douglas's 23.5 stone weight would kill him at 42. So he encouraged Antonio, manager of one of a string of car washes he now owns in the USA, to lose weight. And to top it off, he challenged him to a 100 metre sprint - in which he was billed as The Ferret and Antonio as The Teddy Bear - in front of 30 million TV viewers on the top-rated Today show. Veteran Frank beat Antonio through the tape but the 42-year-old did not mind as he says he is in tip-top health thanks to his boss's challenge. Frank said: "It all started with me trying to motivate Antonio to do something to improve his health.
Lowdown on the slim down
HOBART -- Having bariatric surgery and then contracting West Nile Virus has made Joan Smith's year fraught with terror. But it could've been a lot different for Smith, a model during The Methodist Hospitals' ReStart Center's fourth annual Weight Loss Showcase and Celebration at Avalon Manor on Saturday. Having just left Hartsfield Village Nursing Home in Munster a week ago after a three-month recuperation, her weight-loss surgery saved her life as she's been planning it. "The doctors told me that if I'd have gone in at 200 pounds more (or the weight she's lost since the surgery), I'd have never left the nursing home," said Smith, who sat stage side with a walker. "I just turned 68, and there's no way I'm ready for that." Each of the nine models showed their pride as they walked the stage.
Obstacles overcome
Renee O'Daniel's lifelong dream of becoming a nurse always seemed eclipsed by obstacles."The option of attending college just simply was never presented to me when I was growing up," said O'Daniel, who graduated from Waxahachie High School in 1982 and immediately went to work at Chaparral Steel, a job she held for seven years.A single mom, working in a steel mill and raising two small children, O'Daniel said the dream seemed all but unreachable. .
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Caregiver Support Group meeting, 1 to 2:30 p.m. today, at South Central Public Health District's conference room on the College of Southern Idaho campus in Twin Falls.The topic will be holiday survival tips. Information: Shawna, CSI Office on Aging, 736-2122.Bariatric supportBariatric Support Group meeting for patients who have undergone bariatric surgery, 7 p.m. today, at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center's Education Center, 588 Addison Ave. W. in Twin Falls.Information: 280-1337.Parenting classes"Active Parenting Now" classes, 7 to 9 p.m., Mondays, this week through Dec. 10, in Room 134 at the College of Southern Idaho's Aspen Building.Parents will learn to cope with topics including drugs, violence and sex, and to defuse power struggles with their children, stimulate healthy independence as their children grow, and encourage children to be their best without imposing unrealistic expectations, class organizers say.
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 9, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (NasdaqCM:ASTM - News), a leading regenerative medicine company, today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007. The Company also reported clinical and operational achievements since the beginning of fiscal year 2008, including: .
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