Also called: Bypass Surgery, Gastric Banding, Obesity Surgery, Bariatric Surgery

If you’re very overweight and can’t achieve quick body fat loss with a healthy diet and exercise, surgery might be an option for you. Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgery is usually for men who are at least 100 pounds overweight and women who are at least 80 pounds overweight. If you are somewhat less overweight, Gastric Banding Bypass Surgery still might be an option if you also have diabetes, heart disease or sleep apnea.

Recently, researchers from McGill University in Montreal found that the people who underwent Bariatric Surgery (Obesity Surgery), saw reductions in particular in the risk for breast cancer and risk for colon cancer. According to a study providing fresh evidence of health benefits from these increasingly common operations, morbidly obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgery, body fat loss surgery greatly reduce their risk of cancer.

The McGill University research study supports findings published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine that . . .

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Critical Information About Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is a disease in which malignant prostate cancer cells form in the tissues of the prostate.

The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system located just below the bladder. The organ that collects and empties urine, and in front of the rectum, the lower part of the intestine. It is about the size of a walnut and surrounds part of the urethra (the tube that empties urine from the bladder). The prostate gland produces fluid that makes up part of the semen.

An Enlarged Prostate is found mainly in older men.

As men age, the prostate may get bigger and block the urethra or bladder. This enlarged prostate, may cause difficulty in urination or can interfere with sexual function. The condition is called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and although it is not malignant prostate cancer, surgery may be needed to correct it. A normal prostate does not block the flow of urine from the bladder. An enlarged prostate presses on the bladder and urethra and blocks the flow of urine.

The symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) or of other problems in the prostate may be similar to symptoms of prostate cancer. Alternative natural treatment for enlarged prostate is . . .

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