Q&A’s: Acid reflux and the sleeve.


Hello everyone and welcome to the question of the week, I'm doctor Alvarez from Endobariatric.com and on this episode we'll discuss the relationship with gastroesophageal reflux disease also know as GERD and the sleeve gastrectomy. First of all I want to start out by saying that a very high percentage of patients who are obese ...
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Q&A’s – Will it hurt?


Hello I'm Dr. Alvarez and this is the question of the week. This episode we'll talk about the pain related with the gastric sleeve surgery. The question I get is "Will it hurt?" Of course it's a common question, it's a question I would personally do myself. So, Pain after the gastric sleeve surgery is ...
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ObesityChat comes to an end.


Dear ObesityChat users and radio listeners: Today I decided to cancel the radio talk show "Obesity Chat". As you many know we did the live radio show every Monday at 8:00 PM CT then uploaded the podcast to www.obesitychat.com. We have done over a year and a half of episodes and we helped many many ...
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