Surgical Weight Loss News
Man puts down fork, goes under knife
Pueblo Chieftain, CO - 6 hours ago
Doctors and hospitals offer a variety of weight-loss surgeries - with aggressive marketing campaigns and intense competition for potentially lucrative ...
• Good results for less invasive obesity surgery - SpiritIndia
Good results for less invasive obesity surgery
SpiritIndia, India - 9 hours ago
Current surgical options, while bringing about higher percentage weight loss (30 to 50 percent in first six months), may involve implants that breakdown ...
• Community Calendar - Palm Beach Post
Community Calendar
Palm Beach Post, United States - 9 hours ago
Post Surgical Weight Reduction Support Group, 5:30 pm first Thursdays, Clayton Conference Center. Call (561) 737-7733, Ext. 4688. ...
• Good Results For Less Invasive Obesity Surgery In Small Study - DentalPlans.com
Good Results For Less Invasive Obesity Surgery In Small Study
DentalPlans.com, FL - 10 hours ago
Current surgical options, while bringing about higher percentage weight loss (30 to 50 percent in first six months), may involve implants that breakdown ...
• NEW BEAUTY: Restoring your shape after a weight loss (Centre Daily Times)
Stretch marks are technically an injury to the dermis, or middle layer of skin, but they often result from weight gain or loss and pregnancy. They are usually red or purple when "fresh," but eventually fade to a white or silver color. No area of the body is immune, but stretch marks are most comm...
• ? Vagotomy With A Snip May Stimulate Weight Loss (Turks.US)
WASHINGTON ? Still on its experimental stage, vagotomy as a surgical method to fight obesity is flanked with skepticism. It is criticized to be just as ineffective as other operations that reroute intestines and minimize the stomach.
• Good Results For Less Invasive Obesity Surgery In Small Study (Science Daily)
An operation once popular for the treatment of ulcers may prove to be an overlooked weight-loss solution for the newly obese. The surgery, which removes part of the vagus nerve in the esophagus, resulted in significant weight loss with few lasting side effects and same-day recovery, according to ...
The UMass Memorial weight center orientation meeting will be held from noon to 1 p.m. July 6 in the Hiatt Auditorium (S1-608), UMass Medical School, 55 North Lake Ave., Worcester. Behavioral and surgical weight loss options will be discussed. For information, call (508) 334-3886 or e-mail weightc...