More Bariatric Surgery News

• Gastric Lap-Band Surgery Can Send Diabetes Into Remission

  Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that gastric lap-band surgery isn't only for ...

• Obesity Keeps Patients From Needed CT Scans After Surgery

  Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Some obese patients who suffer complications after gastric bypass surgery ...

• Medical Tourism Takes Flight

  July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take ...

• Men Put Their Health on the Back Burner

  July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men report skipping health screenings and avoiding doctor's visits in ...

• Most Bariatric Surgery Patients Shun Tummy Tucks

  May 31 (iVillage Total Health) -- Although the number of obese people getting bariatric surgery ...

• Study to Assess Weight Loss Surgery for Teens

  May 29 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers are launching an observational study to evaluate the ...

• U.S. Offers Free, Bilingual Health Checklists

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• Doctors, Not Patients, Often Decide Where Surgeries Are Performed

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors often play a big role in deciding where U.S. ...

• Weight-Loss Surgery Caution: Take Your Vitamins

  March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgeries such as gastric bypass ...

• Medication Errors During Surgeries Particularly Dangerous

  March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Medication errors that occur during the course of a surgical ...

• More Teens Are Undergoing Obesity Surgery

  March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A still-small but growing number of teens are undergoing bariatric ...

• First Recombinant DNA-Based Suture Approved

  Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the TephaFlex ...

• Lap Band Surgery Helps Obese Teens: Study

  Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Stomach banding, commonly called lap band surgery, is a safe ...

• Lithium-Like Drugs May Impair Neuronal Function

  Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Too high a dose of lithium and other drugs that ...

• Obesity Alters Digestive-Tract Bacteria

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity not only disrupts a person's health, it also ...

• Black Cohosh Fails to Relieve Menopausal Symptoms

  TUESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The popular herbal supplement black cohosh is no better ...

• Make the Holiday Buffet Your Friend This Season

  SUNDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Dieting got you playing Scrooge with all those holiday ...

• Perception of Who's Obese Varies by Race

  FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with overweight white Americans, overweight black Americans are ...

• Kids With High IQs Grow Up to Be Vegetarians

  FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- As a child's IQ rises, his taste for meat ...