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Monthly Archives: August 2007

Sodium bicarbonate better than Mucomist to prevent contrast nephropathy

Friday, August 24, 2007

Summary of a study in the American Heart Journal showing pretreatment with sodium bicarbonate is better than Mucomist and saline for prevention of contrast induced nephropathy in cardiac catheterization

Filed in Cardiology, Nephrology | | Comments (0)

Study shows dramatic health benefit from obesity surgery

Thursday, August 23, 2007

The big article in today’s New England Journal is on weight loss surgery. It saves lives. In fact, the benefit is quite dramatic.

The authors studied 9,949 patients who had undergone weight loss surgery, and compared them to a control group of 9,628 severely obese individuals who did not have the surgery.

The findings:

  • Overall mortality decreased by 40% in the patients who had surgery.
  • There were 56% fewer deaths due to coronary disease,
  • 96% fewer deaths due to diabetes
  • and 60% fewer deaths due to cancer.
Filed in Obesity | | Comments (2)