Weight loss that lasts

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Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard some miraculous-sounding weight-loss stories recently. They’re everywhere, thanks, in part, to the runaway popularity of Ozempic and Wegovy, prescription drugs that suppress appetite as long as you take them. But can they deliver life-long weight loss? The jury is out on that, but there’s another tool in the weight-loss toolbox that is a proven life changer, according to surgeon Arif Ahmad, MD. It’s bariatric surgery, and Dan Krischer, who was once 508 pounds, is a testament to how it can work long-term.

One Year, Two Cancers

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It started with a simple stomachache. But over several days in August 2020, Teresa Bermudez’s discomfort grew to what she calls “howling pain,” until, finally, she went to the emergency department at Mather Hospital. There, a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a bowel obstruction something was blocking food and liquid from passing through her intestines.…

Mather Offers High-Precision, Robotic-Assisted Partial Knee Replacement

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Mather Hospital now offers a high-precision, robotic-assisted partial knee replacement procedure as an alternative to total knee replacement for patients with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis that is generally limited to one portion of the knee. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that results in wearing and eventual loss of cartilage. The partial knee procedure removes…