To validate the use of waist circumference to assess reversal of insulin resistance after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery. In cross-sectional studies, threshold values for insulin resistance ...

Waist-to-hip ratio can predict a patient's risk of complications and death, especially in those who underwent emergency general surgery procedures, reveals a new study. While obesity is associated ...

Not surprisingly, the headline about “designer vagina” procedures in a press release this week from BMJ Open, an online publication of the esteemed BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) caught my ...

Doctors in Haifa have started performing back operations via a small incision in the waist, a method that is less invasive and quicker to heal than previous techniques. Rambam Health Care Campus is ...