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                    [Title] => Pica after bypass may spell iron deficiency
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About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 774135 [Title] => Gastric cancer recurrence linked to CD44 gene [Summary] =>

Polymorphisms of the CD44 gene could help identify patients with gastric cancer who are at increased risk of tumor recurrence, according to investigators who analyzed blood and tissue samples from 137 patients.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745297 [Title] => Gastric cancer: Early detection makes a big difference [Summary] =>

Stomach or gastric cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer worldwide, but because it is frequently fatal, it is the second most common cause of cancer death.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => 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] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 573217 [Title] => Eradicating H. pylori cut recurrence of gastric cancer [Summary] =>

Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in patients with early-stage gastric cancer reduced the risk of subsequent gastric carcinoma significantly, compared with controls, in a Japanese study of more than 500 patients.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 440182 [Title] => Gastric bypass can reduce sexual dysfunction [Summary] =>

Gastric bypass surgery leads to significant improvement in the sexual dysfunction experienced by many morbidity obese men, according to a recent study.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431187 [Title] => Stomach ulcer [Summary] =>

This is a broken inflamed portion of the lining or mucosal membrane of the stomach.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285088 [AuthorName] => Dr. Tranquilino Elicaño Jr. [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 9074 [Title] => Surgery for obese adolescents – gastric bypass [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 7541 [Title] => Surgery for obese adolescents – gastric banding [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320116 [Title] => Staging guidelines for gastric cancer are largely ignored in US [Summary] => Two of three Americans diagnosed with gastric cancer do not have adequate examinations for proper staging of their disease, researchers reported at the 2005 annual cancer symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology. The majority of patients get substandard lymph node evaluations, despite clear guidelines stating at least 15 nodes must be evaluated to consider someone adequately staged. [DatePublished] => 2006-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136231 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805110 [AuthorName] => Charles C. Chante MD [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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