Eating dates in moderation can contribute to many health benefits, such as protecting against damage to cells from free radicals, helping preventing a stroke, coronary heart disease and the development of colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
The Psychological Evaluation. To determine whether patients are mentally fit for bariatric surgery, all bariatric surgery patients undergo a psychological evaluation. The mental health professional should be familiar with bariatric surgery procedures, in order to quickly spot any potential problems, including drug and alcohol abuse.
Once responsiveness and brain stem reflexes are deemed to be absent, an apnea test is performed as the final evaluation of brain stem function. Clinicians involved in performing the apnea test must be skilled in carrying out the procedure in order to avoid complications such as hypoxia and hypotension.