On Dec 3rd, the Medical Device Advisory Committee for the FDA recommended lowering BMI criteria for patients being considered for stomach banding surgery. If accepted the new BMI used to consider patients Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, or LAGB, would be 30kg/m2. Read the rest of this post
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US FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Lower BMI for Band Surgery
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Dec 8, 2010
Advocating – A Required Skill in the 21st Century
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A big word to describe an action directly related to helping someone. Could be yourself, some one you love or for a cause you care deeply about.
For lots of reasons, arranging and receiving help and benefits that people are entitled to has become much more difficult in today’s world. Maybe it’s because our social and health systems are swamped or because it’s simply a bureaucratic way of minimizing costs. It’s certainly a paradox that in a world where there is so much, it’s becoming increasingly harder to receive even minimal support. It’s painfully obvious that without an effective advocate strategy, many individuals and groups suffer. Read the rest of this post
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Dec 6, 2010
Obesity – Prevention or Treatment
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Almost every province and state across North America is struggling with this exact question. In fact for western and developed nations, it’s a worldwide problem. Even in counties like India which has in very recent years made dramatic strides both sociologically and economically. They too are experiencing sky rocketing levels of obesity. It seems that the price of “westernized” economic success in our world also includes obesity.
In a short span of 25 years, North Americans have leaped from a semi reasonable 20% of our population being overweight to an outrageous 60%! We all know that there are other critical challenges we face in our world today, but few will impact as many people’s quality of life, longevity and literally $10s of billions of dollars in cost as obesity will during the next 50 years. Read the rest of this post
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Jun 14, 2010
PHSA – BC’s Hidden 6th Health Authority & Why They’re Important
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I’m betting you don’t know about British Columbia’s 6th Health Authority. Heck! Most of us are usually only aware of 2 – the one we live in that directly serves our needs and VIHA.
I believe it’s essential for all of us understand how #6 fits into the big picture, especially for obesity treatments including weight loss surgery options. They have major impact and influence over the provincial policies. So follow along with me as we take a closer look at the PHSA – (Provincial Heath Services Authority). Read the rest of this post
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Jun 8, 2010
Restore Bariatric Surgical Funding in BC Petition Drive Announced
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BCABA (British Columbia Association of Bariatric Advocates) in partnership with WL&S Support, announced the following press release.
Together with the bariatric community in British Columbia, we are announcing a petition directing the Liberal government of BC re-establish surgical funding for bariatric bypass surgery. Read the rest of this post
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Apr 6, 2010
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