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The weather has cooled in Connecticut and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Everyone seems to be getting ready for Thanksgiving. We thought that we would share some tips that we have gathered over the years to make the Holiday season a bit easier.
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Organic products and a healthy, protein-rich diet alone do not ensure optimal nutrition after weight loss surgery. Every type of bariatric surgery, like the Lap-Band, restricts food intake. Additionally, Revisional Bariatric Procedures, Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy, result in some malabsorption of micronutrients due to the anatomical changes resulting from these procedures.
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The experience of the last century teaches us that smokers who had at least a three minute discussion with their doctors about dangers of their addiction often felt compelled enough to quit. Now that the nationwide obesity epidemic has surpassed smoking, with over two-thirds of Americans either overweight or obese, could the same effect be achieved with patients who need to lose weight? New research suggests that the answer is yes.
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Obesity is a risk factor for many related diseases and conditions, including cardiovascular disease and structural changes to the heart, such as excess heart muscle mass in the left ventricle and enlargement of the right ventricular cavity. These changes, called adverse “cardiac remodeling,” could cause an abnormal heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation and, ultimately, heart failure. However, a recent study suggests that gastric bypass surgery may help severely obese patients’ hearts return to a healthier state and shape.
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Dr. Tim Ehrlich was featured last week as the “Westporter Of The Week” in the Westport Patch, an online community-specific publication dedicated to providing comprehensive and trusted local coverage for individual towns and communities. The Patch is run by professional editors, writers, photographers and videographers who live in or near the communities they serve, and is supported by its New York City headquarters.
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It’s the New Year again! We at Ehrlich Bariatrics hope that the new decade has greeted you well and look forward to sharing many tips, “a-ha!” moments and successes with you in 2011.
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Dr. Timothy Ehrlich, an experienced bariatric surgeon in Connecticut, was a contributing investigator in a study of 149 moderately obese patients that examined the safety and efficacy of the LAP-BAND® System. He performed one-fifth of all procedures conducted in the trial with good results.
Certain similarities in their life stories are shared by many weight-loss-surgery patients: A body weight within normal range in youth; pounds put on during young adulthood with the arrival of babies or the development of a busy career; a physical exam that reveals high blood pressure and/or the beginnings of diabetes 2.
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In early 2005, Dr. Tim Ehrlich established the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Bariatric Surgery program in Bridgeport, CT, and has performed over 2,000 bariatric procedures.
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