weight-loss

FRONT Public Health 

Obesity Prevention and Weight Loss a Community Effort

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Brian Boisseau, CHFS, DPH, DPQI activity opportunity, bariatric, barrier, behavior therapy portion of weight loss, CHFS, determinant, diabetes, DPQI, evidence-based, evidence-based program, first-line strategy, Frankfort, FRANKFORT excess weight, harsh picture, harsh picture of the consequence of obesity, image001 Brian Boisseau, impact of obesity, individual medical cost burden, initial weight loss, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, lifestyle, lifestyle change program, line evidence-based weight loss strategy, long-term weight loss success, national diabetes prevention program, NHLBI, NHLBI obesity education initiative, nutrition, nutrition program, nutritious food, obesity, obesity prevention, overall population health, person 's risk of develop type 2 diabetes, person of normal weight, physical activity, physical activity opportunity, population health, public health, public health initiative, quality-of-life outcome, SDOH, social determinant, social determinant of health, strategy, success of initial weight loss, surgery, therapy, type 2, type 2 diabetes, weight loss success, weight loss surgery, weight-loss, wide range of health

FRANKFORT Excess weight and obesity are serious threats to the health and wellbeing of many people. In Kentucky, over 36%

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GHP Ad Special Section 

Racing Against Time

October 1, 2020April 7, 2021 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, Abdul Jabbar, cancer, common Hollywood story line, criminal kill, CT, CT scan, department of Gastroenterology, detective, detective race, diagnostic screen, dual fellowship, early stage, endoscopic, endoscopic ultrasound, five year survival, gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, Gil Dunn, happy Hollywood end, Hepatology, highest-quality care, Hollywood story line, image001 photo, internal medicine internship, Jabbar, Jabbar family, jaundice, late presentation of the disease, liver, liver cancer, Louisville school, louisville-based practice, lymph-nodes, medicine internship, mix of patient care, negative tumor, Nishtar, Nishtar medical college, nodes-positive, nodes-positive tumor, pain, Pakistan, pancreatic cancer, partner, resection, risk factor, risk of pancreatic cancer, scan, sleuth skill, survival, teenaged child, Time, tumor, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, variety of gastrointestinal disorder, weight-loss

NEW ALBANY It’s a common Hollywood story line. The detective races to find the clues to solve the mystery before

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Special Section 

The Latest in Testing, Tracking, and Treatment

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Donna Ison accurate blood sugar, big diabetes upgrade, blood glucose read, CGM, challenge case, chi, chi saint, diabetes, diabetes upgrade, endocrine update, endocrinologist, endocrinology, fracture, fracture risk, Gil Dunn, GLP-1, glucose, image001 photo, incorporate innovation, insulin, insulin pump, internal medicine, internal medicine residency, Joan Edwards, Joan Edwards school, Jordan, Jordan university, Jordan university of science, Jordan university science, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky rank, King Abdullah university hospital, Maali Milhem, Marshall university 's Joan Edwards school, Marshall university 's Joan Edwards school of medicine, medication, medicine, medicine residency, Milhem, Mohamad Khasawneh, oncologist, option of a continuous glucose monitor, osteoporosis, people develop diabetes, pharmacological breakthrough, physician, Pikeville medical center, pump, sensor, technology school of medicine, thyroid, thyroid cancer, traditional care, weight-loss

LEXINGTON With more and more people developing diabetes at younger and younger ages, statistics across the nation show the disease

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News News & Events 

News – Jan 2019

January 1, 2019February 15, 2019 MD-Update Staff ACC, acclaim, accreditation, ambulatory surgery center, American college, American college of cardiology, AMGA, AMGA acclaim award honoree, APRN, baptist health, baptist health center, baptist medical group, bariatrics, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cath, Cath lab accreditation, central Kentucky, CEO Andrew Henderson, chronic health condition, clinic, diagnostics center, Direct-To-Employer, Direct-To-Employer program, donation, donor, Dr. Erin Moore, educator, fellowship, flagship, group practice, health center, health condition, health family nurse practitioner, healthcare, Healthcare property, honoree, hospital receive cardiac Cath lab accreditation, internal medicine, Jewish hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky university, kidney, kidney donation, kidney transplant, lab, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic location, Lexington clinic partner, Lexington clinic veteran, Lexington clinic welcome, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic, Lexington Robert Sawyer, live kidney donation, Louisville, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medical group, medical weight loss, medicine, Meyerson, network of provider, new chief, new chief of thoracic surgery, News, News item, Nicholasville, Nicholasville road, nurse, nurse experience, outcome, partnership, PCI, photo, physical location of Jessamine, physician, preventive care, proven record of excellence, provider, record-setting, rural health family nurse practitioner, rust, Sawyer, suite, surgery, thoracic surgery, Trager, Trager transplant center, transplant, UK HealthCare, university of Cincinnati, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville, weight-loss

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lexington Clinic Partners with Flagship Healthcare Properties LEXINGTON Lexington Clinic and Flagship

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Cover Story 

Bariatric Surgery Today

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Holly Hinson abdominal surgery, apnea, arthritis, baptist health, baptist health physician weigh, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, bariatric surgery, bariatrics, blood pressure, BMI, board-certified, body weight, certified center, certified center of excellence bariatric surgeon, co-morbidity, continuous monitor, Derek Weiss, diabetes, diet, epidemic of obesity, excellence bariatric surgeon, excess body weight, excess weight, exercise, gastrectomy, general surgeon, Gore, grow field, grow field of bariatrics, grow field of weight loss surgery, health issue, health physician weigh, healthy weight, heart disease, high blood pressure, holistic program, hypertension, Indiana close, invasive laparoscopic procedure, John Oldham, Kentuckiana, Lanny Gore, laparoscopic, laparoscopic bariatric surgery, liver disease, Louisville, Louisville side, Louisville side of the river, magic procedure, medical specialty, misconception, native of Owensboro, normal weight person, obesity, Oldham, overweight place, physician, procedure, sleep apnea, sleeve, surgeon, surgery, unfortunate title, variety of abdominal surgery, weight loss surgery, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As a state, Kentucky holds the unfortunate title of being one of the fattest of

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Complementary Care 

Counseling Is the Extra Ingredient

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Gil Dunn area outside of the emotional support system, bariatric, bariatric experience, bariatric patient, bariatric surgery, behavioral weight management specialist, boredom, counsel, counselor, emotional support system, extra ingredient, head hunger, head hunger trigger, hunger, image001 photo, LCSW, mental relationship, moody point, moody see, nonsurgical bariatric patient, nonsurgical patient, nonsurgical program, nonsurgical weight management program, Norton, Norton 's weight management center, Norton weight management center, physical hunger, post-op counsel, recognize trigger, role of the counselor, stomach surgery, stress, surgery, thyroid imbalance, trigger, weight management, weight management program, weight management specialist, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE “It’s not brain surgery; it’s stomach surgery,” says Melissa Moody, LCSW, behavioral weight management specialist at Norton Weight Management

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Cover Story 

Perseverance, Problem Solving, and a Patient-First Philosophy

September 1, 2016 Jennifer S. Newton 1/8-inch, 1/8-inch rebar stick, 20 % reconstruction, 20 year legacy, 50-year-old, Abbey Helton, Banis, Banis 's de_facto office manager, Banis 's longevity, Banis 's practice, big elevator panel, brand_new superspecialty, Brooke-Spiegler, Brooke-Spiegler syndrome, cabin, change program requirement, chief operate officer, cosmetic surgery, cylindromas, Dale Klaber, Dr. Banis, Dr. Banis plastic surgery, Dr. Joseph Banis, Dr. Robert Acland, Dr. Thomas Whelan, eastern Virginia graduate school, eastern Virginia graduate school of medicine, edge of the building, elevator panel, family practice man, follicle, four-foot-by-four-foot, four-foot-by-four-foot cabin, functional repair, general surgery residency, George Washington university school of medicine, good synergy, graft, heavy equipment operator, Helton, Hollywood nip-and-tuck practice, integrated sphere, internal chest, internship, internship requirement, Joseph Banis, journey, Klaber, Klaber 's head, Klaber 's life, liposuction, Louisville, microsurgeon, microsurgery, microsurgery program, new microsurgery program, nip-and-tuck, nose, office manager, patient 's need, patient mean, Patient-First philosophy, perseverance, photo, plastic surgery, plastic surgery nurse, plastic surgery residency, practice of Dr. Banis plastic surgery, rebar, reconstruction, remote-controlled tower crane, resection, residency, Robert Densmore, Romelfanger, scalp, sharp tack, skin, small four-foot-by-four-foot cabin, specialty, specialty work, superspecialty, surgeon, surgery, surgery capital, surgery nurse, surgery residency, surgical internship requirement, technique of microsurgery, tenacity, tissue, tumor, U, unofficial plastic surgery capital, unofficial plastic surgery capital of the united state, USC medical center, Virginia graduate school, weight-loss, weight-loss journey, world-renowned microsurgeon

LOUISVILLE If you have preconceived notions about plastic surgery, you should check those at the door before stepping into the

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Special Section 

When High Risk Is Normal

May 1, 2016 Robert Baker baby, biomedical engineer, bring mother, clinical research, confirmation of pregnancy, delivery, delivery of a healthy baby, difficult look, director of Maternal-Fetal medicine, easy look, experienced team of nurse, faculty, fetal health, fetus, frequent complication, frequent complication of pregnancy, glucose, glucose intolerance, healthy baby, high risk, high-risk pregnancy, hypertension, intolerance, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph hospital, Kentucky 's high incidence, Kentucky 's high incidence of obesity, Kentucky medical center, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Kristine, Ky., large cooperative, large cooperative of clinical research, large maternal-fetal medicine group, Lexington, Louisville, Magee woman, Magee woman 's hospital, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine group, Maternal-Fetal medicine unit network, maternal-fetal patient, medical world lie life, medicine, MS, multi-center trial, next pregnancy, Norton, Norton Healthcare, obesity, obstetrics, overweight patient, physician-scientists, pregnancy, renowned researcher, risk factor, robust practice, Steve Caritis, three year fellowship, treacherous time, treat condition, ultrasonographers, ultrasound, university of Kentucky medical center, university of Pittsburgh, used telemedicine, weight-loss, work of Kristine, world of Kristine, young physician-scientists

LEXINGTON A college basketball coach once said, “I don’t want a player who can make the easy look difficult, I

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Special Section 

The Struggle Is Real

January 1, 2016 Jim Kelsey advanced laparoscopic surgery, Amanda Nighbert, anti-reflux, anti-reflux procedure, apnea, bariatric, bariatric dietitian, bariatric surgery, behavioral need, Benson, Billi Benson, BMI, BS, dietitian, exercise, exercise physiologist, FACS, follow-up, full-time bariatric surgeon, gastric balloon, gastric bypass, gastric sleeve procedure, general surgery career, gradual weight gain, Greenlee, H., Hillenmeyer, individual tremendous help, Joseph, Joseph east, Joshua P., Karen Hillenmeyer, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health weight loss surgery, laparoscopic, laparoscopic fellowship, LD, Lexington genetics, med, medical director, Nighbert, outcome data, P., PA-C, patient work, physiologist, procedure, procedure best meet, rd, scope of surgical service, sleep apnea, sleeve procedure, state program director, Steiner, struggle, surgeon, surgery, surgery career, surgical history, team effort, variety of advanced laparoscopic surgery, weight loss surgery, weight-loss

LEXINGTON Genetics and lifestyle contribute to gradual weight gain leading to obesity, with the one commonality that it doesn’t happen

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Special Section 

A Gutsy Decision

January 1, 2016 Jim Kelsey aftercare, aftercare program, balloon, bariatric, bariatric procedure, bariatric program, bariatric surgery, BMI, bypass, C., committed patient, easy way, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, exercise, exercise physiotherapist, exercise program, extensive aftercare program, food addiction, gastric balloon, general surgeon, gutsy decision, John Olsofka, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, LAP-BAND, LAP-BAND® surgery, long-term lifestyle, long-term success, Louisville, Louisville surgical associate, Lusco III, Mary, mindset of a surgeon, new patient population, Olsofka, ORBERA™ gastric balloon, patient 's journey, procedure, responsibility carry, st, success of bariatric procedure, support group, surgeon, surgery, surgical realm, tool, type of bariatric surgery, typical surgical fix, Vincent C., weight-loss

LOUISVILLE The mindset of a surgeon is that surgery is going to fix the problem. So, it goes against the

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