Is Bariatric Surgery The Answer To Obesity?

Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker, Bariatric & Laparoscopic Surgeon Obesity is a chronic progressive disease and has proved itself to be one of the fastest growing epidemics in the world. It is the second largest cause of preventable death. In addition to that, it poorly affects the quality of life of the person who is afflicted

Clinically severe obesity is the harbinger of multiple diseases that affect a person from head to toe (literally). Yet a person suffering from obesity is not extended the same sympathy that patients suffering from other diseases get. This is the first time in the history of medicine that a disease has reached epidemic proportions and yet

“There is no better feeling than movement of life inside you”. Pregnancy is one of the most beautiful and yet the most difficult period of a woman’s life. Every woman wishes for a pregnancy that is smooth and uneventful. A beautiful healthy baby delivered normally, is what all of us hope for. As someone has

Obesity is the harbinger of many diseases. One of them is “cancer”, the emperor of all maladies. There is increasing evidence that obesity is a risk factor for developing many types of cancers. Obese women are more prone to developing certain gynaecologic and breast cancers as compared to normal weight women. Problems don’t end here