Meet the experts: Mir Ali, MD, is a bariatric surgeon and medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.

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Odessa American - July 3, 2025 The Keep Odessa Beautiful facility is closed for the day (July 3). Due to flooding, the recycling and disposal areas will be closed for the remainder of the day.

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St. Luke’s metabolic and bariatric surgeon Ikemefuna (Ike) Akusoba, MD, of St. Luke’s Weight Management Center said in theory, more calories used than consumed results in weight loss, but it’s more ...

Bariatric surgery is a weight loss technique, which is very effective in combating obesity, recovering from diabetes as well as reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. There is no one-way to ...

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