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.
psych1. 1  to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition. 2  to prepare psychologically to be in the right frame of mind or to give one's best (often followed by up): to psych oneself up for an interview.