Wednesday, September 26, 2007


UTMB weight center is ?Center of Excellence? - Daily News - Galveston County

UTMB weight center is ?Center of Excellence?
Daily News - Galveston County, TX - 7 hours ago
The Center for Weight Management offers monthly weight-loss seminars for people interested in learning about the options available through the center. ...

New Survey Reveals Life-Changing Events Lead to Women's Renewed ... - PR News...

New Survey Reveals Life-Changing Events Lead to Women's Renewed ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 8 hours ago
In fact, 91 percent of women surveyed cited the desire to reshape their breasts following a major physical change, like weight loss or childbirth, ...

Annual Obesity Walk Scheduled for Oct. 6 - Southern Pines Pilot

Annual Obesity Walk Scheduled for Oct. 6
Southern Pines Pilot, NC - 15 hours ago
For the morbidly obese, those who are 100 pounds or more overweight, the only effective option may be weight-loss surgery. The 2007 Walk from Obesity, ...

Toward the Rational and Equitable Use of Bariatric Surgery - Journal of Ameri...

Toward the Rational and Equitable Use of Bariatric Surgery
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - 16 hours ago
Bariatric surgery is the only health care intervention that facilitates significant and sustained weight loss. 1 Surgery results in remission of diabetes in ...

Dealing with problems of weight (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
A report on treating the "super obese" raised questions about the cost of the problem for society. We editorialized that weight-loss surgery should be covered by health insurance. Many viewers disagree. Read their comments and add your own.

UTMB weight center is ?Center of Excellence? (Galveston County Daily News)
GALVESTON ? The University of Texas Medical Branch?s Center for Weight Management has been designated a Level 1A ?Center of Excellence? by the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program.

NewHope Bariatrics Opens New Weight Loss Surgery Center in Kansas City (Busin...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.----NewHope Bariatrics announced today the opening of its second Ambulatory Surgery Center focused on the treatment of obesity through adjustable gastric banding. The center is based in Overland Park, Kan.

Taking the natural routes to limit scarring and pain (Chicago Tribune)
The new surgical procedure being tried at Northwestern Memorial Hospital sounds a bit like that old threat about reaching down a guy's throat and pulling his heart out through his mouth.