Category Archives: Bariatric surgery

Current surgical weight loss therapies

Posted on March 10, 2019 by admin

January 24, 2014- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Erik Dutson, MD, weight loss surgeon at UCLA, explains why his medical center does not implant the Lap-Band,

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Book Review: Fat Chance by Robert H. Lustig, MD

Posted on October 25, 2018 by admin

February 9, 2013- by Steven E. Greer, MD How did our ancient ancestors evolve from being pure meat eating carnivore hunters into grain fed

Posted in - Reviews, books, devices, Bariatric surgery, FDA, Gastroenterology and liver, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Primary care medicine, UC San Francisco | Leave a comment

Vagal nerve stimulation for weight loss

Posted on January 2, 2018 by admin

January 22, 2015- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD Erik Dutson, MD, bariatric surgeon from UCLA, discusses the newly FDA-approved weight loss device called

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Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults

Posted on November 8, 2017 by admin

June 14, 2017- Interviewed by Steven E. Greer, MD We interviewed Dennis Villareal, MD, the author of the NEJM paper “Aerobic or Resistance

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