News » August 2005

The alarming obesity rates have raised concern among health experts in US as they warn obese patients to consider surgery as the last treatment option. An approval nod from Medicare to cover the costs of Bariatric surgeries has also increased surgery rates in America.

A practicing physician at Cedars -Sinai Medical Center in Los Angels, Peter Pressman said, operations performed on patients to lose weight rapidly can save their lives but poor patient selection by doctors in haste can cause life threatening situations. Patients today do not consider options like weight loss plans or diet pill treatment methods but directly take to surgeries for rapid weight loss. Pressman adds that proper awareness and a healthy lifestyle can control the growth of obesity to a good extend.

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