Nolan Dr Gregory
Doctor in Gold Coast

We are the best in the business. Laparoscopic & general surgeon, upper git, thyroid, specialising in hepato-biliary, obesity surgery. Find more information in our website.

Our practice strives to offer a professional courteous service, where the patients are offered the maximum suitable procedure for their needs. The general surgery practice offers surgical repair of all types of hernias, gallbladder and appendix removal. We donate a multidisciplinary approach to weight loss surgery incorporating dietitians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, psychologists and any other apropos specialty into our overall healthy being approach for our patients. We attend national and international conferences to keep up with the trends, techniques and latest data in terms of results and outcomes for weight loss surgery. We donate the following four types of surgery: Obesity is emerging as a health epidemic around the world. According to the US center for Disease Oversee and Prevention, obesity is rapidly spreading across all regions and demographic groups. This substantial enlarge in health risks has made obesity the second leading cause of prevent qualified death in the United States. Obesity has overtaken smoking as the leading cause of early death and illness in Australia. On the basis of present trends we can predict that by the time they arrive the age of 20 our kids will have a shorter life expectancy than former generations simply because of obesity. Australians reporting heart, stroke and vascular diseases aged 15 years and over were much more probable to be classified as overweight or obese than those without heart stroke and vascular disease (65 compared with 51). These three diseases often occur together and share risk factors, such as physical inactivity, overweight and obesity and high blood pressure. Obesity could be a combination of the following: Risks to psychological and social healthy being. Conventional tasks become harder when you are obese, as movement is more difficult. You tend to exhaust more quickly and you find yourself brief of breath. Dieting, exercise, and medication have lengthy been regarded as the conventional methods to attain weight loss. Sometimes, these efforts are prosperous in the brief term. However, for people who are morbidly obese, the results rarely last. For many, this can translate into what’s called the yo yo syndrome, where patients continually gain and defeat weight with the possibility of pensive psychological and health consequences. Several studies have shown that patients on diets, exercise programs, or medication are able to defeat approximately 10 of their body weight but tend to regain two thirds of it within one year, and almost all of it within five years. Another scrutinize found that less than 5 of patients in weight loss programs were capable to maintain their reduced weight behind five years. Over the years, weight loss surgery has proven to be a prosperous method for the treatment of morbid obesity. Surgical options have continued to evolve and is delighted to be capable to offer patients the succeeding options.