Weight Loss
Jul
30
2009
This entry was posted by admin on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 10:22 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Top News, Weight Loss.
For sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a new study shows that losing weight is perhaps the single most effective way to reduce OSA symptoms and associated disorders, according to findings published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Weight loss may not be a new miracle pill or a fancy high-tech treatment, but it is an exciting therapy for sufferers of OSA both because of its short- and long-term effectiveness and for its relatively modest price tag.
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May
4
2009
This entry was posted by admin on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 2:13 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Weight Loss.
A new study by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that the average rate of post-surgical and other complications in patients who have obesity surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, declined 21 percent between 2002 and 2006.
Researchers found that hospital payments dropped by as much as 13 percent for bariatric surgery patients time period, partially because fewer complications meant fewer readmissions.
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Sep
17
2008
This entry was posted by admin on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 4:09 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Top News, Weight Loss.
Individuals with diabetes and those whose stomach pouches are larger appear less likely to successfully lose weight after gastric bypass surgery, according to study findings published in the September 2008 issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Gastric bypass is one procedure some people with sleep apnea often consider or undergo, often at the suggestion of a health care provider, as one way to help lose weight, which may health reduce the severity of the person’s apnea.
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Jul
25
2006
This entry was posted by admin on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 9:23 am (UTC), and is categorically filed in Top News, Weight Loss.
Four of every 10 obesity surgery patients develop a complication, such as a hernia, within six months of leaving the hospital, according to a new study by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The study is the most extensive to date on post-surgical complications from obesity operations based on insurance claims data.
The researchers found that the complication rate among non-elderly obesity surgery patients with private insurance increased by 81 percent following hospital discharge — from 21.9 percent while they were still hospitalized to 39.6 percent by the end of the 180-day study period.
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Jul
14
2005
This entry was posted by admin on Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 5:59 pm (UTC), and is categorically filed in Weight Loss.
The number of Americans having weight-loss surgery more than quadrupled between 1998 and 2002 — from 13,386 to 71,733 — with part of the increase driven by a 900 percent rise in operations on patients between the ages of 55 and 64, according to a new study by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study is being published in the July 12, 2005 issue of Health Affairs.
During the same period, hospital costs for treating patients who underwent weight-loss surgery increased by more than six times — from $157 million a year to $948 million a year — and the average cost per surgery increased by roughly 13 percent, from $11,705 to $13,215.
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Interesting Apnea Statistics
~~ Apnea in United States ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the U.S. population
was 306,340,710. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 21,443,850 apneics in the U.S.
~~ Apnea around the world ~~
As of May 2, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. (-0500) (ET), the world population
was 6,777,286,604. Sleep researchers estimate approximately seven percent
of the population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. Using that
estimate, there are potentially 474,410,062 apneics in the world.
