Monthly Archives June 23, 2009

Weight Loss Surgery Channel Executive Producer Leslie Thompson checks in from behind the scenes at the 2009 annual conference of the ASMBS while the crew is setting up a remote television studio in the exhibit...

A new study finds inhaled asthma medications, like Flovent and Symbicort, are only about half as effective when taken by obese patients....

If you tend to a garden -- watering and pruning the plants, and adding fertilizer to help them grow -- odds are, your plants will flourish. Likewise, if you fail to tend to them, your plants will die or be overgrown with weeds. The same holds true for our lives. If we tend to our hearelationships, etc., these areas will flourish -- but they can also wither from neglect. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson challenges us to explore what we are tending to.

The results of a new study reveal that the majority of weight loss surgery patients in Canada look good, feel great, and are on track to their target weight....

As someone who already has a few months or years post-op under your belt, you may want to help others on their weight loss journey, only to have your words of wisdom fall on deaf ears. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson reminds us that -- although we may have wise counsel to share with a newbie -- often, people have to learn through their own experiences. He offers insights on how to best help newly post-op patients find their own personal wisdom.

If you are struggling at times to believe that everything will work out, or that your life has a greater purpose, you may need a big helping of faith. In this episode of 90 Seconds to Success, host Craig Thompson reminds us that our Creator designed each of us with unique, wonderful attributes, and we were each created for a purpose. Although we may at times step off the path that was planned for us, when we put faith into practice, we find the strength to forge ahead.

Greetings! In this week's edition of WLS News, we'll explain why a lack of sleep can cause serious physical consequences -- and which ethnic group is most at risk. We'll also tell you how obesity...

One of the most common questions pre-op patients have prior to bariatric surgery is what their weight loss surgery diet will be like post-op. Odds are, you've heard or read all sorts of information specific to...