Maradona’s gastric bypass surgery sparks weight-loss trend in Colombia
Maradona’s gastric bypass surgery sparks weight-loss trend in Colombia
Slam! Sports - Sep 27 3:13 PM
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Diego Maradona has started a weight-loss trend. The former Colombian soccer star dropped 110 pounds through gastric bypass surgery, and now his countrymen want it, too. Maradona weighed 266 pounds before he had the surgery in March.
Healthy Happenings
Nashville City Paper - Sep 19 10:25 PM
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More obese seniors choosing gastric-bypass surgery
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sep 26 1:08 PM
TAMPA, Fla. With 360 pounds hanging on his 5-foot-7 frame, Robert Stratiff was in sad shape. He had heart problems, poor circulation, wasted knees and sleep apnea that kept him awake most nights. Miserable at age 69, he knew he wasn’t long for the world unless he did something drastic. And soon.
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Minneapolis City Pages - Sep 06 7:55 PM
The interest-only mortgage? You might as well kill yourself now–that’s suicide. There’s a six-month, a three-year, and a ten-year. The ten-year has the highest rate. Interest-only loan rates last month went up half a percent, so the payment jumped.
Local teen tests anti-obesity device
Seattle Times - Sep 07 8:39 PM
Emily Sperry’s fight with obesity has been a challenge since birth. Last year, at age 17, she thought she’d be overweight the rest of her…