Weight management talkback with Professor Alison Venn
Listeners shared stories of lap band surgery, weight loss and gain, diets and depression with Menzies Research Institute of Tasmania's Deputy …
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Weight management talkback with Professor Alison Venn
Listeners shared stories of lap band surgery, weight loss and gain, diets and depression with Menzies Research Institute of Tasmania's Deputy …
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Rex Ryan says he's lost 130 pounds
I did this lap band, very minor procedure. I'm down 130 poundsâit's unreal to think that I was dragging that kind of weight around. But I did it because I …
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Weight loss surgery boom in WA
Perth is becoming Australia's weight loss surgery capital, with 22 per cent of the nation's gastric surgery procedures done in WA, new figures show.
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Successful Bariatric Surgery Means Thorough Pre- and Post-Operative Care
This is especially the case with modern innovations like the sleeve gastrectomy or lap band procedures, which can now be effectively performed …
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Even as the obesity epidemic in the U.S. persists, only one percent of eligible patients get weight-loss surgery. Many insurance companies don't cover …
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It is the second time a patient has died at the Whittington Hospital following weight loss surgery. Jane White, a 39-year-old mother-of-three, died of …
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Inquest hears how woman died as a â??direct resultâ? of gastric band operation at the Whittington …
It is the second time a patient has died at the Whittington Hospital following weight loss surgery. Jane White, a 39-year-old mother-of-three, died of …
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Lap Band v. Gastric Sleeve: Whichever Wins, We Lose (Weight)
This has led to many people wondering what the difference is when discussing lap band vs. gastric sleeve. Fortunately, as a top surgeon who is …
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Texas Bariatric Specialists Announced Today That Successful Gastric Bypass Rids Patient of All …
Nilesh A. Patel of Texas Bariatric Specialists announced today that after years of abusing food and alcohol, bariatric surgery allows patient to gain …
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Woman spends 11 years photographing her overweight body to try to love herself and come to …
After her revelation in 2011, Davis underwent lap-band surgery and rapidly lost 110lb. Societal ideals: Eating in public is often a cause of anxiety for …
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Govt overestimated gastric band cost
Surgeons say the Government may have wildly overestimated the cost of gastric bands and stomach stapling, and its $10 million boost in Budget 2014 …
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