gastric-bypass

In cases where the underlying problem is addiction, psychiatrists say that neither gastric-bypass surgery nor lifestyle changes are likely to prove effective.

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The gastric-bypass patients had a higher rate of complications immediately after surgery.

Bypass Beats Band for Weight Loss Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

Tate Taylor, whose previous credits include a 29-minute film called "Chicken Party" and a feature-length comedy about a woman who had gastric-bypass surgery.

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Robin Blackstone , the president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery who practices in Scottsdale, Ariz., explained that gastric banding initially seemed safer than gastric-bypass surgery in the first three months after the procedure.

Bypass Beats Band for Weight Loss Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

Half of the patients received a gastric band while the other half underwent the Roux-en-Y procedure, a common gastric-bypass procedure in the U.S. Patients were matched according to sex, age and BMI.

Bypass Beats Band for Weight Loss Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

James had many health problems, leading her to have gastric-bypass surgery in 2003.

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According to the law-enforcement official, Ms. Hussein's husband told police that his wife had been recovering from a recent gastric-bypass surgery and began choking in her sleep and coughing up blood shortly after midnight.

Man in Bronx Shot to Death Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011

In gastric-bypass surgery, surgeons reduce the size of the stomach and the smaller stomach is then attached to the middle of the small intestine, bypassing a section of the intestine and thereby limiting the absorption of calories.

Bypass Beats Band for Weight Loss Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

The state's employee insurance plan will cover gastric-bypass or Lap-Band surgery costs for 100 people statewide on a first-come, first-serve basis, said Stephen VanCamp, director of the employee insurance program.

South Carolina To Cover Obesity Surgery Next Year 2010

That would probably be only slightly more popular than putting Defense spending on a gastric-bypass diet, given the number of jobs that are involved.

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