Indian Surgeon Claims Surgical Cure for Diabetes!

Posted by Dr. Teeth 31 July, 2008 (7) Comment

Dr Shashank Shah, a Pune-based bariatric surgeon, claims to have discovered a surgical cure for type II diabetes, and boasts of an impressive 90% success rate. Should Dr Shah’s claims be confirmed, he stands to help solve one of modern medicine greatest dilemmas: how to thwart the growing epidemic of type II diabetes.

Leading medical experts in the United States have been impressed with Shah’s methods and his data. So much so, that the Cleveland Clinic, one of the world’s foremost hospitals, has sponsored an interaction between Dr Shah and 250 of America’s top doctors, diabetologists and endocronologists, to happen this Friday.

Dr Shah will speak for twenty minutes, via video conference, from the Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, to doctors and consultants at the Cleveland Clinic and around the country. The topic will be, “Metabolic Surgery for Type II Diabetes in the Asian Context”, and afterward, Dr Shah will then be open to the American specialists for questioning.

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Facts about Obesity

Posted by Dr. Teeth 4 May, 2008 (4) Comment

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg per m2 or more. Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 to 29.9 kg per m2. About 35 percent of American adults (aged 20 years of age or older) are overweight. In addition, 14 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 11, and 12 percent of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 are overweight.
Pathophysiology. The adipocyte has endocrine capabilities and secretes leptin — a protein product of the ob gene — in response to increased stores of energy. Leptin limits food intake by acting upon the OB receptor in the hypothalamus. In many obese adults, leptin levels are increased, whereas leptin uptake into the central nervous system is low.
Diagnosis of obesity begins with the determination of BMI. The BMI can be ascertained by measuring the patient’s height and weight and then using a BMI table to find the BMI value.

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