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Gastric Bypass Surgery Significantly Reduces Risk Of Death
10/19/07
Salt Lake City - Severely obese patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, according to research published in the Aug. 23, 2007, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The study was led by -
Gastric Bypass Surgery Can Ease or End Disease for Some
10/19/07
By BELINDA YU
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Sept. 16, 2007
Dana Brown lay on an operating table at Froedtert Hospital waiting for a surgeon to shrink her stomach from the size of a football to roughly the size of an egg.
At 239 pounds, s -
Incisionless Surgery Revises Gastric Bypass
10/19/07
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When weight loss stalls or other problems arise years after gastric bypass, the surgery can be successfully revised with an incisionless, from-the-inside approach, researchers from Ohio State University in Columbus report.
The technique, involves the use -
New Hope in Overweight Adoption Case
10/19/07
INDEPENDENCE, MO. -- An Independence man claims he was denied adopting a relative's child because he's overweight. Now, Gary Stocklaufer, who had weight loss surgery two weeks ago, has new hope.
Gary and Cynthia Stocklaufer said when the child they consider their son, -
The Skinny on Teen Surgery
10/19/07
FDA to approve gastric band for adolescents by 2009
By (BI) Sara Feldkamp
Story Created: Oct 1, 2007 at 12:14 PM EDT
Story Updated: Oct 18, 2007 at 11:44 AM EDT
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Millennium Research Group forecasts that the gastric band m -
LAP BAND - Khaliah Ali, Daughter of Muhammad Ali Shares Her Fight With Obesity
10/19/07
Irvine, CA - [May 22, 2007]
Khaliah Ali, fashion designer, author and daughter of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, experienced a life-changing "moment of truth" the year after her son was born. At 335 pounds, more than 100 pounds heavier than her father's be -
Study: Gastric band works better than 500-calorie diet
10/19/07
by Nanci Hellmich / USA Today
May 2, 2006
Adjustable gastric banding is much more effective long-term than a very low-calorie diet for people who are about 50 pounds overweight, a study shows.
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2 Year Study of Sleeve Gastrectomy
10/17/07
Department of Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
BACKGROUND: The vertical gastrectomy http://www.alighterme.com/surgery_vg.html (VG) is the restrictive part of the technically difficult biliopancreatic diversion with duodena
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