Recent News & Comments About morbid obesity
Obesity may contribute to shortage of organ donors
A new study has found that morbid obesity hinders organ donation and may even be contributing to a shortage of living kidney donors, according to researchers.
Patients with morbid obesity more likely to develop complications after spinal fusion surgery
Patients with morbid obesity are at nearly twice the risk of developing complications after spinal fusion surgery, reports a study in the May 15 issue of Spine.
Severe Obesity Linked to Increased Risks of Spinal Surgery
Patients with morbid obesity are at nearly twice the risk of developing complications after spinal fusion surgery, reports a study in the May 15 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Priority Health: Obesity and organ donors
A new study is out on obesity and it reveals that morbid obesity has an impact on organ donation san
Researchers Discover that Obesity Hinders Kidney Donation: Data to be presented at National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 ...
Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation. This data will be presented at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings, to be held from May 9-13 in Washington, DC.WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 Researchers at the ...
Obesity among homeless almost as high as in general population, study finds
The study found that just 1.6 percent of the homeless in the sample could be classified as underweight. In contrast, morbid obesity was three times more common.
Researchers discover that obesity hinders kidney donation
Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation.
Morbid obesity kills tubby tabby
Morbid obesity kills tubby tabby The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society said Monday that the orange and white tabby named Meow died over the weekend, likely from complications from his morbid obesity. The shelter put Meow on a diet and posted all his weigh-ins on a Facebook page that got national attention.
Can Dr. Phil help 700-pound man Robert Gibbs before it’s too late?
It took two medical vans and five EMTs, but 23-year-old Robert Gibbs made it to the Los Angeles set of The Dr. Phil Show to get help for his morbid obesity.
Fears for super obese mums-to-be
Two in 1000 pregnant women in Australia had extreme morbid obesity in 2010.
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