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With Louise Petrou CBC Did you know non-human primates can suffer from a groin hernia? Groin (or inguinal hernia) are apparently relatively common in male non-human primates. Careful monitoring is the standard treatment for those animals. Thankfully we humans have the option of day surgery. Right here in Port Macquarie. Do you have pain or…

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Here’s how I finally got myself to start exercising.

Introduction with Louise Petrou Bariatric Counsellor CBC, Grad Dip Psych at Mid North Coast Bariatric & Hernia Centre. You may have stopped exercising because of mobility issues, a hernia, injury, illness or recovering from surgery. Exercise is a crucial aspect of the lifestyle changes necessary for long term weight maintenance and health after bariatric metabolic…

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Bariatric Surgery? Only if You Want a Longer Life.

Courtesy: Ted Kyle, Editor, Conscience Health. We understand. Surgery is daunting. Bias against people living with obesity is rampant. Some friends and family will criticize. Some doctors will discourage. Health plans often make it hard. So many people feel reluctance about seeking bariatric surgery. But a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine…

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Metabolic Surgery Tops Best Medical Therapy.

By Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA ConscienHealth.org A randomized controlled trial (RCT) in surgery is quite a challenge. For good reason, people are reluctant to sign up for a study in which they might randomly get surgery. Or not. Surgery is a big decision and leaving it to chance doesn’t sit well with most people. Yet…

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First-grade cricketer drops 87kg after Mini Gastric Bypass surgery

Rock bottom for Mathew Agostino was when he missed out on a mining job because he was too overweight. “I passed the medical and everything, but they flagged me on my weight,” the 28-year-old said. “And they pretty much said, ‘No way’. “That was sort of the first time that I’d ever been told ‘no’…

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