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NASH treatments controversial, unproven

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | June 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Treating nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis is difficult territory for clinicians because no therapy has been proved effective.

Opinion

New hope for the hefty: Bariatric surgery

August 3, 2010 - 12:00am

No doubt about it: Obesity is one of the world’s biggest problems! The most common causes of obesity are an imbalanced diet, one that is higher in fat and sugars, and a trend towards more sedentary acti...

Health And Family

The long weight is over

By Joy Angelica Subido | October 6, 2009 - 12:00am

Certainly, getting rid of the unsightly bulges and attaining a more attractive body shape would be a great payoff for shedding all the extra pounds.

Health And Family

Surgery inside a mall?

By Serena Ordoveza | November 9, 2008 - 12:00am

Liposuction, dialysis, thermage, corrective eye surgery or 4D ultrasound in a mall? Shoppers may now avail themselves ...

Allure

Things you should know before undergoing weight loss surgery

October 28, 2008 - 12:00am

Obesity can cause serious health risks to a person’s life. Some cases cannot be simply solved by traditional treatments ...

Health And Family

Go figure: Slimmer US regions have more bariatric surgery

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | March 26, 2006 - 12:00am

The areas with the country’s thinnest populations are also the ones where people undergo the most bariatric operations, new research shows. A 2004 analysis of the 2002 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) revealed...

Opinion

A big problem off their backs

By Ann Montemar-Oriondo | March 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Thirty-eight-year-old dentist Frances Calalec recalls being obese since she was 11 years old. When she hit 250 lbs., she began experiencing hypertension and palpitations. After being rushed to the hospital thrice...

A big problem off their backs

By Ann Montemar-Oriondo | March 14, 2003 - 12:00am

Thirty-eight-year-old dentist Frances Calalec recalls being obese since she was 11 years old. When she hit 250 lbs., she began experiencing hypertension and palpitations. After being rushed to the hospital thrice...

A big problem off their backs

By Ann Montemar-Oriondo | March 11, 2003 - 12:00am

Thirty-eight-year-old dentist Frances Calalec recalls being obese since she was 11 years old. When she hit 250 lbs., she began experiencing hypertension and palpitations. After being rushed to the hospital thrice...

Serious treatment for the seriously obese

By Tyrone M. Reyes M.D. | September 3, 2002 - 12:00am

A 1998 survey of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines found that 23.3 percent of Filipinos are overweight, and more than 20 percent of these overweight people are obese. These folks run a...

Health And Family