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                    [Title] => NASH treatments controversial, unproven
                    [Summary] => 

Treating nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis is difficult territory for clinicians because no therapy has been proved effective.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 598740 [Title] => New hope for the hefty: Bariatric surgery [Summary] =>

No doubt about it: Obesity is one of the world’s biggest problems! The most common causes of obesity are an imbalanced diet, one that is higher in fat and sugars, and a trend towards more sedentary activities.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 511092 [Title] => The long weight is over [Summary] =>

Certainly, getting rid of the unsightly bulges and attaining a more attractive body shape would be a great payoff for shedding all the extra pounds.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422176 [AuthorName] => Joy Angelica Subido [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 413452 [Title] => Surgery inside a mall? [Summary] => Liposuction, dialysis, thermage, corrective eye surgery or 4D ultrasound in a mall? Shoppers may now avail themselves ... [DatePublished] => 2008-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742992 [AuthorName] => Serena Ordoveza [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 410523 [Title] => Things you should know before undergoing weight loss surgery [Summary] => Obesity can cause serious health risks to a person’s life. Some cases cannot be simply solved by traditional treatments ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 328143 [Title] => Go figure: Slimmer US regions have more bariatric surgery [Summary] => The areas with the country’s thinnest populations are also the ones where people undergo the most bariatric operations, new research shows. A 2004 analysis of the 2002 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) revealed that bariatric operations are performed two and four times more often in the Western and the Northeastern regions of the country, respectively, than in the Southern ones, where morbid obesity is significantly higher. [DatePublished] => 2006-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199343 [Title] => A big problem off their backs [Summary] => Thirty-eight-year-old dentist Frances Calalec recalls being obese since she was 11 years old. When she hit 250 lbs., she began experiencing hypertension and palpitations. After being rushed to the hospital thrice and having to take expensive medications, Frances was desperate. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128283 [AuthorName] => Ann Montemar-Oriondo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198949 [Title] => A big problem off their backs [Summary] => Thirty-eight-year-old dentist Frances Calalec recalls being obese since she was 11 years old. When she hit 250 lbs., she began experiencing hypertension and palpitations. After being rushed to the hospital thrice and having to take expensive medications, Frances was desperate. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128283 [AuthorName] => Ann Montemar-Oriondo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198567 [Title] => A big problem off their backs [Summary] => Thirty-eight-year-old dentist Frances Calalec recalls being obese since she was 11 years old. When she hit 250 lbs., she began experiencing hypertension and palpitations. After being rushed to the hospital thrice and having to take expensive medications, Frances was desperate. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128283 [AuthorName] => Ann Montemar-Oriondo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174552 [Title] => Serious treatment for the seriously obese [Summary] => A 1998 survey of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines found that 23.3 percent of Filipinos are overweight, and more than 20 percent of these overweight people are obese. These folks run a high risk of developing disorders that range from knee damage to heart attack. But when they try to lose weight through diet and exercise, the majority find to their frustration that they can’t keep it off long-term.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133436 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778504 [AuthorName] => Tyrone M. Reyes M.D. [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) ) )
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