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What are the differences between the types of weight loss surgeries?

As America's obesity epidemic has become even greater, millions of people are turning to weight loss surgeries to help them get control of...
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FDA issues warning for misleading Lap-Band ads

  • FDA issues warning letters to Lap-Band advertizer
  • December 13, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has taken action against eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1...
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Use of gastric bands may increase in Wichita

The FDA recently approved use of LAP-bands, also known as gastric bands, for obese people with a BMI of over 30. Previously, this procedure was...
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Norwood mom & daughter share joint Lap-Band experience

Recently there was an article published in the Norwood Bulletin about a mother/daughter team who both had Lap-Band surgery as a means to get...
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"Teenage Waistland" by Lynn Biederman & Lisa Pazer: YA Book Review

  • Teenage Waistland
  • December 13, 2010
Teenage Waistland Authors: Lynn Biederman & Lisa Pazer Publisher: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers/Random House, Inc. Publication Date:...
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FDA Advisers Recommend Lap-Band

More than 12 million obese Americans may soon qualify to have a surgical procedure in which inserts a small and flexible band in the stomach which...
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North Shore Medical Center receives highest rank from baritatric organization

North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) received accreditation as a Level 1A Bariatric Surgery Center from the Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN)...
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Medford hospital designated bariatric surgery center of excellence

What is the Lap-Band? Norwood Hospital performs 500th weight loss surgery Life expectancy threat: obesity outweighs smoking Should Lap-Band surgery...
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Health are costs in Massachusetts - should the feds follow suit?

In the the recent article, "Official: Mass-type care could 'wipe out' economy" published in the Boston Globe on March 16th - officials...
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Bariatrician: It's about why you eat

When we look back, it might be more difficult than one might think to pinpoint why we gained weight or why we are overeating. That is exactly what...
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