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Index Edward E. Mason

Edward Eaton Mason (October 16, 1920 – December 29, 2020) was an American surgeon, professor, and medical researcher who specialized in obesity surgery.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, American Surgical Association, Artificial kidney, Bariatric surgery, Boise, Idaho, Duodenum, Edmonton, Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Gastric bypass surgery, Glucagon-like peptide-1, Great Depression, Hernia, Idaho, Intestinal bypass, Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Jejunoileal bypass, Leavenworth, Kansas, Minneapolis, Owen Harding Wangensteen, Sapporo, Streptomycin, Tagatose, Tasmania, Type 2 diabetes, University of Idaho, University of Iowa, University of Kentucky, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Medical School, Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery, Vomiting.

  2. Burials in Iowa
  3. Obesity researchers
  4. Scientists from Iowa

The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is a non-profit medical organization dedicated to metabolic and bariatric surgery, and obesity-related diseases and conditions.

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American Surgical Association

The American Surgical Association is the oldest surgical organization in the United States.

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Artificial kidney

Artificial kidney is often a synonym for hemodialyzer, but may also refer to the other renal replacement therapies (with exclusion of kidney transplantation) that are in use and/or in development.

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Bariatric surgery

Bariatric surgery (or metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a medical term for surgical procedures used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions.

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Boise, Idaho

Boise (also) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County.

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Duodenum

The duodenum is the first section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds.

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Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is tuberculosis (TB) within a location in the body other than the lungs.

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Gastric bypass surgery

Gastric bypass surgery refers to a technique in which the stomach is divided into a small upper pouch and a much larger lower "remnant" pouch, where the small intestine is rearranged to connect to both.

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Glucagon-like peptide-1

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a 30- or 31-amino-acid-long peptide hormone deriving from the tissue-specific posttranslational processing of the proglucagon peptide.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Hernia

A hernia (hernias or herniae, from Latin, meaning 'rupture') is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides.

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Idaho

Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Intestinal bypass

Intestinal bypass is a bariatric surgery performed on patients with morbid obesity to create an irreversible weight loss, when implementing harsh restrictions on the diets have failed.

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Iowa

Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City is the county seat and largest city of Johnson County, Iowa, United States.

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Jejunoileal bypass

Jejunoileal bypass (JIB) was a surgical weight-loss procedure performed for the relief of morbid obesity from the 1950s through the 1970s in which all but 30 cm (12 in) to 45 cm (18 in) of the small bowel were detached and set to the side.

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Leavenworth, Kansas

Leavenworth is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River. The site of Fort Leavenworth, built in 1827, the city became known in American history for its role as a key supply base in the settlement of the American West.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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Owen Harding Wangensteen

Owen Harding Wangensteen (September 21, 1898 – January 13, 1981) was an American surgeon who developed the Wangensteen tube, which used suction to treat small bowel obstruction, an innovation estimated to have saved a million lives by the time of his death. Edward E. Mason and Owen Harding Wangensteen are American surgeons and university of Minnesota Medical School alumni.

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Sapporo

(lit) is a city in Japan.

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Streptomycin

Streptomycin is an antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, ''Mycobacterium avium'' complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, ''Burkholderia'' infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever.

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Tagatose

Tagatose is a hexose monosaccharide.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes (T2D), formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin.

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University of Idaho

The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho.

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University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.

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University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky.

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), colloquially referred to as "The U", is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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University of Minnesota Medical School

The University of Minnesota Medical School is a medical school at the University of Minnesota.

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Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery

Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG), also known as stomach stapling, is a form of bariatric surgery for weight control.

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Vomiting

Vomiting (also known as emesis and throwing up) is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.

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See also

Burials in Iowa

Obesity researchers

Scientists from Iowa

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_E._Mason