Category Archives: Weight

Exercise and the Senior Mind

Seniors Working Out

Listen to the audio version of this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Many things about the brain and the ‘mind’ are poorly understood. Researchers may take decades to untangle some of the mysteries surrounding normal brain function, aging and the development of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss. Today, doctors and […]

The Most Common Bariatric Surgery Procedures

There are several types of weight loss surgery. Today, the gastric sleeve (laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy) has become the most common form of bariatric surgery. Gastric sleeve surgery has far outpaced lap band surgery in recent years. This reflects the results of data gathered by hundreds of physicians who perform bariatric surgery or practice in a […]