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		<title>LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/laparoscopic-colorectal-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[colorectal surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Laparoscopic or minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized many surgical procedures and has spread to many fields including orthopedic surgery, spine surgery, gynecological surgery and general abdominal surgery.
Colorectal surgery can be performed with the laparoscopic or minimally-invasive technique with substantial reductions in complications, pain, narcotics use, hospital stay, and postoperative recovery time.
Minimally-invasive techniques allow the colorectal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes and Weight Gain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical Weight Loss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Metabolic Syndrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the pleasure of speaking at a medical conference devoted to diabetes.  Mine was the talk focused on the association between weight gain and diabetes.  While there are a great many interesting discoveries occurring all the time in the field of diabetes, it remains the case that the disease itself marches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOW TO LOSE 10 TO 20 POUNDS</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/how-to-lose-10-to-20-pounds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am frequently asked if the techniques that we have employed so successfully to lose 40, 50 or 100 pounds can also work for more modest weight loss, such as 10 to 20 pounds.  Of course you have guessed the answer is yes.
But just because you only have 10 or 20 pounds to lose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;MIRACLE&#8221; Weight Loss “DRUG”</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/miracle-weight-loss-%e2%80%9cdrug%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/miracle-weight-loss-%e2%80%9cdrug%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[weight loss drug]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What if I told you that there was a drug you could take that would result in the following changes, as proven by scientific studies:  You would feel better psychologically.  You would have greater sense of calm and inner peace.  Your blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol would be lower.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSYCHOLOGY OF WEIGHT LOSS</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/psychology-of-weight-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/psychology-of-weight-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[preparing for weight loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a patient recently who is seeking to lose weight and wanted my advice about the best method for doing so and keeping it off.  After we talked about a range of options including enrollment in the medically supervised weight loss plan, it became clear that there was something psychological holding him back.   After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Sleep</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/better-sleep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/better-sleep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Related Medical Problems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sleep apnea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sleep problems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that my patients consistently tell me is that they seem to be sleeping more poorly than ever.  I hear many versions of this, but the common thread is that as my patients gained weight over the years they have had a harder time falling asleep and had a much more difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOP TEN WAYS YOU CAN BE A SUPPORTER FOR YOUR FRIEND SEEKING TO LOSE WEIGHT</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/top-ten-ways-you-can-be-a-supporter-for-your-friend-seeking-to-lose-weight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1. Stay positive.  Focus your friends’ efforts on their goals and successes, their triumphs and hopes.
2. Be persistent.  It is a long road, no matter whether your friend has surgery or pursues a medically supervised program.  Long-term weight loss does not happen overnight.
3.  Meet for a walk.  Even the most motivated patient working on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/obstructive-sleep-apnea-and-long-term-follow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/obstructive-sleep-apnea-and-long-term-follow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Metabolic Syndrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Weight Related Medical Problems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sleep apnea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our practice, we developed a sense that all problems resolve after weight loss surgery.  I bet if you polled the nurses, the nurse practitioners, office staff, physician assistants and the doctors at Western Bariatric Institute, you would find that through the experience of thousands of patient having undergone weight loss surgery, our clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Childhood Obesity: Recognizing Root Causes</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/preventing-childhood-obesity-recognizing-root-causes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/preventing-childhood-obesity-recognizing-root-causes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood Obesity]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Childhood obesity has grown to become one of the nation&#8217;s most pressing health problems.  We have already seen a tremendous surge in adult obesity in the last 30 years. That rise in obesity among the adult population is shortening life expectancy and creating a terrible amount of early disease and suffering, with conditions like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weight Loss Fads and Popular Diets</title>
		<link>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/weight-loss-fads-and-popular-diets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasseguide.com/blog/weight-loss-fads-and-popular-diets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Medical Weight Loss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss Advice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a patient in the office this week who brought in a list of diet plans and programs that she had read about or heard about.  She wanted my opinion on each one.  So we went through the list.  And I must say that I was very discouraged to see that [...]]]></description>
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