Thursday, October 08 2009, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Start time: 6 p.m.
End time: 7 p.m.
Date: Oct. 8
Location: St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, 3 South Administrative Conference Room, 2000 Scenic Drive, Georgetown, TX 78626
Contact person and number: 478-3627
Event title
Free Monthly Weight Loss Surgery Seminar in Georgetown
Date
Oct. 8
Time
6 to 7 p.m.
Location
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, 3 South Administrative Conference Room, 2000 Scenic Drive, Georgetown, TX 78626
Details
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital is offering a free monthly weight loss surgery seminar for the public. The seminar is designed for those who are preparing for weight loss surgery or need more information and options to change their lifestyles.
A Central Texas Bariatrics physician will lead presentations pertaining to weight loss surgery options.
Interested participants are encouraged to make reservations to attend. To reserve your spot at the next seminar please call 478-3627.
Bottled water is available at every seminar. There is free parking in the front lot of the hospital campus or next to the Emergency Room.
Location: St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, 3 South Administrative Conference Room, 2000 Scenic Drive, Georgetown, TX 78626
Contact: 478-3627 or www.stdavids.com
Friday, October 2, 2009
Weight Loss Helps Sleep Apnea
Participation in an intensive lifestyle intervention can lead to significant and clinically relevant improvements in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among older obese patients with diabetes, researchers report.
The study randomised 260 overweight patients (average age 61) with type 2 diabetes and OSA (average apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), 23 events per hour) to an intensive lifestyle intervention using restricted caloric intake and moderate exercise, or to a series of three group sessions on diabetes management (control group).
At 1 year follow-up the intensive-intervention patients had lost significantly more weight (10.8 kg vs 0.6 kg; P < .001) and showed a significant improvement in sleep apnea.
Compared to the control group, they had an adjusted decrease in AHI of 9.7 (2.0) events per hour (P<.001). At 1 year, more than three times as many participants in this group had total remission of their OSA, and the prevalence of severe OSA was half that of the control group.
The greatest benefit was observed in men, in participants with more severe OSA at baseline, and in participants who lost the most weight.
The researchers said the increase in AHI over 1 year in participants who were weight stable suggests that OSA is a rapidly progressing syndrome that will worsen without treatment. However, they cautioned that the results should not be generalised to younger patients, to patients without type 2 diabetes, or to patients with milder degrees of OSA.
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