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New research released today, suggesting that severely obese teens with Type 2 diabetes may be able to benefit from weight loss surgery, unleashed a torrent of reactions from both the public in general and the medical community. A number of doctors

Surgeons at the NJ Bariatric Center Perform Ground Breaking Lap Band - WebWire
Ajay Goyal, MD, FACS, and Dr. Glenn Forrester, MD, general and bariatric surgeons from the New Jersey Bariatric Center in Union, NJ, successfully performed the first LAP BAND™ in New Jersey with only two incisions. This has resulted in less pain

Cash-starved PAU plays host for free - Tribune
Even as the city may be taking pride in hosting the six-day annual conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON 2008), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) seems to have suffered financial loss during the conference. A section of the

Bezoar in Gastro-jejunostomy Presenting With Symptoms of Gastric - Medscape News
Introduction: Gastric outlet obstruction usually presents with non-bilious vomiting, colicky epigastric pain, loss of appetite and occasionally, upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Causes can be classified as benign or malignant, or as extra- or

ABC Health Insider - ABC News Blogs
New research released today, suggesting that severely obese teens with Type 2 diabetes may be able to benefit from weight loss surgery, unleashed a torrent of reactions from both the public in general and the medical community. A number of doctors

Study: Gastric bypass halts diabetes in obese teens - Detroit Free Press
Obese teenagers who have gastric bypass surgery not only lose weight but see their type 2 diabetes disappear, a new study finds. Also called bariatric surgery, the procedure works by limiting the size of the stomach and thereby reducing the amount of

Open Wide, It’s Time to Lose Weight! - PR Newswire
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Sentinel Group announced the first implants of the Full Sense(TM) Device on November 3-4, 2008 at Galenia Hospital in Cancun, Mexico by American doctors Randal Baker MD, James Foote MD and Mexican doctor

Clinically Severe Obesity - WTHR
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and many other health and science organizations, morbid or clinically severe obesity is a serious disease and must be treated as such. Learn more about obesity by and if Bariatric surgery is for

Mexico calls off search for cruise passenger - Akron Beacon Journal
MIAMI: Mexican authorities have suspended their search for a Florida woman who apparently fell from a ship balcony during a Christmas week cruise. The woman’s family believes she might have jumped overboard, but the FBI is still investigating whether

Union authorities question hundreds in skating rink shooting death - Newark Star-Ledger
A homicide task force has conducted more than 200 interviews and is making “really good progress” piecing together the events surrounding the Friday shooting death of a teenager outside Union Township roller skating rink, a spokesman for the Union

Medical Tourists: Three Siblings Shoot By 300 Pound Weight Loss Goal - pressbox.co.uk
New Year’s resolutions come in many sizes and shapes. With the help of medical tourism company WorldMed Assist, three siblings changed their shape by 300 pounds since their 2008 resolution to shed pounds as a team, with lap band surgery performed in

For Sale: One L.A. Gossip Blog, Gently Used. Inquire Within. - Defamer.com
We have exciting year-end news for anyone tired of Gawker Media’s steady encroachment upon your Defamer-savoring experience: We’re breaking free from the mothership! According to this report from a very reputable news source , Gawker is looking to

Hip-Hop Rumors: Janet Mad At Beyonce? 50 Cent the Helpe - allhiphop.com
I was around in the 90’s. I was on the fringes of the Music Industry back in those days, very much an outsider. I remember how the “people” or the “public” cried out about the media fueling fires and beefs like Pac and Biggie. Fast forward

Oh, the memories - Las Vegas Sun
I have a friend who insists there were at least a dozen movies made in the 1960s starring Elvis Presley as a race car driver named Rick. But the truth is that in the 33 movies in which he swiveled his hips, Elvis never played a race car driver named

For Your Razzie Consideration: ‘The Spirit’ - Defamer.com
· The Oscar race may be all over the place, but at least the Razzies have a clear front runner this year. Still, a slickly packaged FYC spot never hurts. [via TotalFilm.com ] · Not enough tragic celebrity-offspring-death news for one day? The