Gastric Bypass

Is Carnie Wilson the New Poster Child for Why Invasive Weight Loss Surgeries Might Not Be the Answer?

Gregg McBride | Posted 04.03.2012

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I wish Ms. Wilson success and health on her journey toward permanent weight loss. But I also wish strong consideration of ways to lose weight other than gastric bypass or lap band surgeries (either separately or 12 years apart) to those facing the battle of the bulge.

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Why the New Surgical Cure for Diabetes Will Fail!

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.27.2012

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Recommending gastric bypass as a national solution for our diabetes epidemic is bad medicine and bad economics.

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'My 600-lb Life: Where are They Now?'

Posted 03.27.2012

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The morbidly obese people featured on "My 600-lb Life" were followed over a seven-year period as they dieted and worked so very hard to lose weight af...

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How My Life Changed After Losing 163 Pounds (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.23.2012

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Steven Levy spent most of his first 44 years obese. As a young boy, he was embarrassed about the breasts he sprouted and would make up excuses to avoi...

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Can Weight Loss Surgery Make Diabetes Disappear?

Posted 06.29.2011

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(Reuters) - Weight loss surgery appears to change the body's metabolism in a way that dieting alone cannot, helping to explain why diabetes often ...

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Man Packs On Pounds To Qualify For Weight-Loss Surgery

The Telegraph | Nick Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 20-stone man has pledged to keep eating with the aim of putting on more weight after the NHS informed him he was not fat enough to qualify for weigh...

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Paul Wall Talks 100-Pound Weight Loss

Posted 05.25.2011

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Houston-based rapper Paul Wall has lost a lot of weight since his 'Sittin' Sidways' days - and he reveals that earlier this year he had a Gastric Slee...

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Teens' Gastric Bands Usage Raises Questions

CBS News | Font Size Print E | Posted 11.17.2011

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Fielding surgically constricted a teen's stomach with a procedure called gastric banding. It's like a girdle for the stomach. Thorough a tiny incision...

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Movement As Medicine: Spinning And The Self-Care Movement

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Agreed, as a nation we most certainly need intelligent HealthCare and Health Insurance reform, but what we are in just as much need of is SelfCare Reform.

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What Does $22 Billion in Goldman Bonuses Buy?

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iceland, at 1.32 times 2008 GDP, Avatar tickets for everyone living in China, the US, Indonesia, and Japan combined, one week at New York's Four Seasons Hotel for every homeless person in the US.

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Shrinking Our Super-Sized Kids: Who's in Charge Here?

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Instead of allowing our children to explore and sample life in the "outside world," we keep them inside, feed them junk food, and use TV as a babysitter.

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The Impotance Of Addressing The Stigma That Surrounds The Overweight

The Atlantic Food Channel | Samuel T. Stanley | Posted 11.17.2011

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It was around the time of my sister's college graduation when I realized that I could no longer hide the fact that I had lost a significant amount of ...

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Star Jones Speaks For The First Time About Gastric Bypass, Envy From Friends, Getting Over "Haters"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Star Jones has been notoriously silent about her gastric bypass surgery — for years she denied it, and she only recently admitted that she had t...

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