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No power for12 hours today

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Bangalore: There will be nopower from 6am to 6pm in thefollowing areas on Thursday:HBR Layout, Vidya Sagar,Thanisandra, RK Hegde Nagar,K Narayanapura,NN Halli, Bal-aji Layout,BDS Layout,Govin-

dapura, KG Halli, NagawaraMain Road, Byrankunte, Kup-puswamy Layout, TeachersColony, Oil Mill Road, MangalaLayout,KSFC Layout,Aravin-da Nagar, parts of Kammana-halli Main Road, Jal Vayu Vi-har, Ramaiah Layout, Janaki-ram Layout, Banaswadi Rail-

way Station Road,Lingarajpu-ram village, Hennur MainRoad, Manyata Park.

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It sounds medicalese and nov-el but people are willing togive it a shot. So, whos tryingbariatric surgery to get rid ofmorbid obesity? Yes, young

girls, definitely. But, increasingly,

women in their 60s are willing to gounder the knife and cut down extraflab.While Gen Y women seek to im-prove their body posture and lookattractive through bariatric surgery,older women in the 60-65 age groupwant to keep away from life-threat-ening diseases like heart and kid-ney failure.

We get 20-25 obese women in their20s and 30s and 4-6 female patients in

their 60s every month.But awarenessamong older women about bariatricsurgery is increasing, says Dr Vin-odha Reddy, consultant bariatric sur-geon, Manipal Hospital.

Says Dr M Ramesh,chief bariatricsurgeon, Vikram Hospital: With dia-betes becoming so common in our coun-try, such surgeries may work in ourfavour. A lot of complications due toobesity and diabetes can be preventedwith the help of bariatric surgery.

A bariatric operation, also calledlaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy sur-gery, is turning out to be a blessingfor older obese women,helping themto live a healthy and normal life in

old age,say doctors.A morbidly obesepatient is allowed to undergo bariatricsurgery till the age of 65 to avoid anyage-related health complication.Surgery gives the patient a chanceto lose weight significantly within ayear. A patient (in the 60-65 age-group)is allowed to undergo this surgeryonly if she is suffering from a life-threatening disease,says Dr AashishShah,consultant gastrointestinal la-paroscopic and bariatric surgeon,Fortis Hospital.

Agrees Dr G Srikant, director, gas-troentrology services, BGS GlobalHospital:The upper age limit for an

obese patient (for such a surgery) is65. This is done in order to avoid post-surgery complications, which are pos-sible after crossing 65 years. Morbidobesity can wreck quality of life.

Obesity can restrict many phys-ical activities. This surgery gives apsychological boost to the patient andhelps improve his/her quality of life,says Dr HV Shivarama,bariatric sur-geon, Columbia Asia Hospital.

Take the case of Vanitha Kanchan(this is not a real name since the pa-tient did not wish to be identified),a64-year-old housewife, who weighed110kg and had a body mass index

(BMI) of 49.6.She was declared mor-bidly obese by her doctors. Her obe-sity led to multiple health complica-tions like heart disease and diabetes;six months ago, Vanitha was bed rid-den; her knees became weak and shefelt immense pain while walking.

Vanitha was operated throughlaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomysurgery about a month ago. In amonth she has lost about 15kg and,in the next couple of months, sheis hopeful of losing another 20.Weexpect her to lose about 25 kilos ina year, said Dr Shah,who operat-ed on Vanitha.

Travelling Doors: Starting today, theres asolo show of part-painting and part-installation

by Santhana Krishnan from Chennai. It focuses onhandcrafted, embellished doorways with carvings ofdeities, stained glass tiles and ornate brassware. AtKynkyny Art Gallery, 11am to 7pm.

Art Historic Education: Throughphotographs, enter the lives of

the Maharajahs and be part of an educative journey ofprincely India, comprising enlightened rulers and profligateprinces, saints and scoundrels, heroes and charmers. AtTasveer, 10am to 7pm.

Photography Partes Usadas: This Mexican film isabout 14-year-old Ivan and his uncle,

who deals with cars. They both plan to flee thecountry after making some money, but in the end, thelad discovers that his uncles intentions have changed.Today at Bangalore Film Society, 6.20pm.

Film The Memorandum: Directed bySachin Gurjale, this Vaclav Havel

play deals with the issue of how one man seems tohave become a victim of bureaucracy when ascientific and artificial language, Ptydepe, isintroduced. Today at Ranga Shankara, 7.30pm.

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Alternative therapyhelps fight disorders

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Bangalore: Former wres-tler 84-year-old Marappa;former Speaker and Con-gress leader BL Shankar, 59;Dhanush Krishna,a 16-year-old student from Jigni;phy-sician Dr Vandana Herur;Chandigarh resident Poorn-ima Gautam have one thingin common: they practisealternative therapy yogaand naturopathy to con-trol obesity, hypertension,diabetes, spondylitis andother disorders.

Alternative therapy canhelp control lifestyle disor-ders, balance the mind andbody with the help of na-ture. To spread awareness,the department of Ayush,will organize a four-day in-ternational conference atGayatri Vihar, PalaceGrounds, from February 9.

Sharing his experienceson the power combinationof yoga and naturopathy tocontrol spondylitis and hy-pertension, BL Shankarsaid: I ended up havingthem because of my hecticlifestyle.Ten years ago,I wassuggested to practise yogaand follow naturopathy. Mylife changed ever since I vis-

ited SDM College of Natur-

opathy and Yoga in Dhar-masthala.Now, I practise yo-gasanas for 45 minutes andwalk for 1 hour daily.

Marappa, a resident ofJayanagar, can be an inspi-ration for those fighting obe-sity. He successfully battledthe problem for 25 years,practising yoga and natur-opathy. When he visitedDharmasthala first,he usedto weigh 138kg, today he is80kg. I was suggested to fol-low the juice and water dietfor 21 days,which cleansed

my system.I strictly follownaturopathy and practiseyogasana. I feel active andfit at this age, he said.

Twenty-five-year-oldPoornima is also fightingobesity at Swami Vivekana-da Yoga Anusandhana Sam-sthana near Jigni. I was116.5kg when I joined the in-

stitute last month. Today Iweigh 104kg.When I was di-agnosed at the age of 15, Ilost all faith in life.With thehelp of alternative therapyI am gaining my confidenceback,she said.

Natural interventionsalong with therapeutic di-etary measures have beeneffectively used to controllifestyle diseases,said DrPrashanth Shetty, director,SDM College.

Diabetes, which put In-dia on the global map,is an-other disorder that has beensuccessfully controlled. SaidDhanush Krishna: When Istarted practising yoga 15days ago, I depended on 60units of insulin every day.Today, the intake has comedown to 15.

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