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Two years after teens undergo bariatric surgery for morbid obesity, abnormalities in their hearts that put them at increased risk for heart attacks in adulthood were dramatically reduced, thanks to significant weight loss.
A Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study shows that the size of the left ventricle in morbidly obese teens dramatically decreases within [...]
We have frequently reported on the rising number of weight loss surgeries in the United States. Now it seems the same trend is occurring in the UK, albeit on a smaller scale.
The General Healthcare Group, one of the largest health care providers in the UK, has seen a 30-percent increase in weight loss surgery cases [...]
The NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois offers an innovative technique to reduce weight gain following gastric bypass surgery. The new procedure is referred to as ROSE for short, and it stands for Revisional Obesity Surgery Endolumenal. Nationwide in the U.S., less than a dozen medical centers offer the ROSE procedure.
Actually, depending on whom you [...]
We received the following press release from Allergan today, regarding a new partnership and support program for people who undergo a gastric banding procedure:
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Allergan, Inc. and Lindora, Inc. Partner to Provide Customized Weight-Loss Support Program for Patients Following Gastric Banding Surgery
– Online Program Offers Dietary Counsel and Weight-Management Tools to Help [...]
Researchers have made a new (and potentially promising) discovery in the battle against type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests that bariatric weight-loss surgery can reduce the effects of diabetes in teens, or even eliminate the disease entirely.
Surgery News | Senior Editor | 
November 25, 2009 7:53 am | 
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