Excited to share our new protocol for outpatient robotic sleeve gastrectomy at Reston Hospital Center!
Did you know that in addition to increasing your risk of high blood pressure, Diabetes, and heart disease, obesity increases your risk of cancer? A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) of over one million obese patients, suggested that obese patients who did not undergo bariatric surgery have a risk of colorectal cancer that is 34% above the general population. Read more by following the link to the full journal article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2762521
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In case you missed Surgical Consultants of Northern Virginia’s Facebook Live Free Weight Loss Seminar, you can view it here! Why is obesity dangerous to your health and why don’t medical options work? View Dr. Pysher on the dangers of obesity below!
Please join us for a unique opportunity to meet Dr. Amanda Pysher, one of the skilled bariatric surgeons at Reston Hospital, and learn all about surgical weight loss.
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