BARIATRIC SURGERY News, Sports, Shopping, Travel information

Bariatric Surgery
Find: Bariatric Surgery. Compare offers from over 15,000 sites with one click. Your source for everything!
www.SearchNext.com

Exclusive: Fat Children 'should Be Taken From Parents And Given ... - Daily Telegraph
children across the country have already been placed on 'at-risk' registers or taken into care because of their weight photo: getty images tam fry, a member of the national obesity forum's board, will tell a key conference that young people who are ...
www.telegraph.co.uk

Hormone Therapy Mimics Stomach Stapling
scientists at the hopkins medical school are one step closer to finding a less invasive alternative to bariatric surgery. earlier this month, aravind arepally and his colleagues successfully suppressed the production of the hunger-inducing hormone, ghrelin, in pigs by damaging the main vessel that carries blood to the top of the stomach, where ghrelin is produced.
www.jhunewsletter.com

Bones May Weaken After Weight Loss Surgery
patients lose bone density after weight loss surgery, and the more weight they lose, the greater the drop, new research shows.
news.yahoo.com

Bones May Weaken After Weight Loss Surgery - Reuters
new york (reuters health) - patients lose bone density after weight loss surgery, and the more weight they lose, the greater the drop, new research shows. while the effect of bone density loss on future fracture risk is not yet clear, "for the ...
www.reuters.com

Video From Medialink And Siemens: Improved Medical Equipment For The ... - Msn Moneycentral
new york , oct. 2 /prnewswire/ -- according to the centers for disease control and prevention, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity over the last two decades. with expanding waistlines also come increased health risks and more demand for ...
news.moneycentral.msn.com

Bariatrics To Meet | Www.toacorn.com | Thousand Oaks Acorn
a free bariatric support group will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. tues., oct. 7 and 21 at a location in thousand oaks. the group is for people considering weight-loss surgery and those who have had the surgery.
www.toacorn.com

Weighing In On Gastric Bypass Surgery
by nancye tuttle ntuttle@lowellsun.com lowell -- move over, al roker. meet karen joslyn and donald sheppard, two local gastric bypass surgery success stories. they've lost more than 250 pounds between them, seen their blood pressure and cholesterol levels return to normal and gained energy, a good night's sleep and a new lease on
www.lowellsun.com

Weighing In On Gastric Bypass Surgery - Lowell Sun
lowell -- move over, al roker. meet karen joslyn and donald sheppard, two local gastric bypass surgery success stories. they've lost more than 250 pounds between them, seen their blood pressure and cholesterol levels return to normal and gained ...
www.lowellsun.com

Wait Times Expand For Obese Seeking Surgery - The Province
i've never had much time for chubbies or tubbies: people who regularly scarf down fat and fries are also thick in the head, i figured. until peggy roberge explained her long, futile battle to be free of the bulk she packs around, and pointed out the ...
www.canada.com

Robotic Surgery Lowers Risk Of A Rare But Serious Complication Of Gastric Bypass, Study Suggests
the use of a robot to assist with the most commonly performed weight-loss surgery appears to significantly lower a patient's risk of developing a rare but serious complication, according to a study published in the journal of robotic surgery.
www.sciencedaily.com

Joey Thompson: Wait Times Expand For Obese Seeking Surgery
i've never had much time for chubbies or tubbies: people who regularly scarf down fat and fries are also thick in the head, i figured.
www.canada.com

Joey Thompson: Wait Times Expand For Obese Seeking Surgery - The Province
i've never had much time for chubbies or tubbies: people who regularly scarf down fat and fries are also thick in the head, i figured. until peggy roberge explained her long, futile battle to be free of the bulk she packs around, and pointed out the ...
www.canada.com

Doctor, Heal Thy Attitude - Businessweek
it is naive to suggest medicine is still an art and not a business. it has become a profit-minded venture for most health-care providers. medical advertising has expanded from traditional areas such as plastic and cosmetic surgery, to heart ...
www.businessweek.com

Endocrine Society Releases Clinical Practice Guideline On Pediatric Obesity
the endocrine society has released a new clinical practice guideline for the prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity. a rapid release version of the guideline has been published on-line and will appear in the december issue of the journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism (jcem).
www.newswise.com

Boy’s Bold Battle Of The Bulge
for as long as he can remember, blaine coetzer (16) was bigger and heavier than his mates, and even though he was active, he couldn’t get rid of the tyre around his waist.
www.witness.co.za

Walkin' And Talkin' To Combat Obesity - Fort Mill Times
two years ago, robin weber would never have attempted a three-mile walk. having struggled with obesity for much of her life, weber, 50, a marketing consultant from fort mill, made the decision to have gastric bypass surgery in may 2007. after that ...
www.fortmilltimes.com

Leaders In Weight Loss Treatments Sponsor Walk From Obesity - Pr Inside
www.newhopetoday.com - newhope bariatrics and malley surgical weight loss center are sponsoring a kansas city walk to benefit the awareness and treatment of obesity issues. the walk from obesity begins at 10 a.m. (registration at 9 a.m.) saturday at ...
www.pr-inside.com

Bulletin Of The World Health Organization, Volume 86, Number 10, October 2008, 737-816
this month's cover shows a classic public health poster on schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that still affects about 200 million people despite five decades of prevention and control programmes. in an editorial, myra taylor (738) introduces three papers on current schistosomiasis control efforts: xun-ya houet al.
www.medicalnewstoday.com

Health Report: Gastric Bypass Fix
a growing number of people who have had gastric bypass surgery are going back and fixing the fix.
cbs3.com

Trimming The Fat - Amarillo Globe News
estimated number of u.s. bariatric surgeries year: number of surgeries* 1992: 16,200 1994: 16,200 1996: 20,500 1998: 25,800 2000: 36,700 2002: 63,100 2004: 140,640 2006: 177,600 2007: 205,000 2008: 220,000 *all estimates are based on surveys with ...
www.amarillo.com