Monday, October 22, 2007


Importance of mammograms emphasized this month - Maryville Daily Times

Importance of mammograms emphasized this month
Maryville Daily Times, TN - 5 hours ago
If you?ve been weighing your surgical weight loss options, learn more about the gastric bypass and Lap-Band procedures at the free Thursday Bariatric ...

HOW OUR HOSPITALS STACK UP - Reno Gazette Journal

HOW OUR HOSPITALS STACK UP
Reno Gazette Journal, NV - 21 hours ago
Bariatric surgery: Includes procedures such as gastric bypass and gastric banding, all designed to promote weight loss. Carotid surgery: Surgery on the ...

Surviving a heart attack - Idaho State Journal

Surviving a heart attack
Idaho State Journal, ID - Oct 21, 2007
Within the first year, that meant sending some of the more complicated surgical cases to Salt Lake, not because our team couldn't do them, ...

Obesity Surgery and Weight Loss Surgery - American Chronicle

Obesity Surgery and Weight Loss Surgery
American Chronicle, CA - Oct 19, 2007
What Is The Cost of Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery? Bariatric gastrointestinal surgical operations cost about $25000 or more, depending on the experience of ...

Pre-bariatric surgery weight loss helpful (UPI)
Obese patients who lose up to 10 percent of body weight before bariatric surgery have more rapid postoperative weight loss, a U.S. study found.

Weight loss before bariatric surgery linked to shorter hospital stay (News-Me...
High-risk morbidly obese patients who lose 5 to 10 percent of their excess body weight before undergoing gastric bypass surgery appear to have shorter hospital stays and more rapid postoperative weight loss, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, a theme issue on baria...

Studies Examine Life After Weight-Loss Surgery (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary heart disease and suicide helped fuel the rise in the risk of death among patients after weight-loss surgery, a new study finds.

Pre-bariatric surgery weight loss helpful (EARTHtimes.org)
Obese patients who lose up to 10 percent of body weight before bariatric surgery have more rapid postoperative weight loss, a U.S. study found. Christopher D. Still and colleagues at Geisinger Health System, in Danville, Pa., assessed 884 patients who un...