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For your health 
NorthJersey.com - Oct 31 8:29 AM
Community Blood Services drives. Appointments: (201) 251-3703. Today: 4 to 8 p.m., Bloodmobile, Pascack Valley Hospital parking lot, Old Hook Road (register in hospital lobby).Save to My Web

Risks of gastric bypass 
Newsday.com - Oct 19 12:21 AM
Medicare patients who undergo weight-loss surgery face a considerably higher risk of death than has been reported for other patients in previous studies, with 2 percent dying within 30 days of surgery and almost 5 percent dying within a year, a study of Medicare patients of all ages found. Risks were amplified for men, those over 65 and patients whose surgeons were less experienced in such Save to My Web

Weight-loss surgery: 4% die in a year 
Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 19 2:36 AM
Three new studies are documenting just how popular — and risky — weight-loss surgery is becoming. One study found the number of Americans who get stomach-reduction surgery has increased tenfold in just seven years.Save to My Web

As obesity grows, all of society is paying more 
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Oct 30 3:55 AM
INDIANAPOLIS Obesity isnt just an uncomfortable situation anymore. Its hitting Hoosiers and Americans where it hurts the most the pocketbook.Save to My Web

Study: Obesity surgery may be riskier
AP via Florida Times-Union - CHICAGO Obesity surgery, the most drastic way to lose weight, is far more than a cosmetic procedure the most common ages for obesity surgery found death rates well under

Obesity surgery riskier than previously thought
Seattle Post Intelligencer - By LINDSEY TANNERAP MEDICAL WRITER CHICAGO — Obesity surgery, which is fast becoming a popular way to the most common ages for obesity surgery - found death rates well under

Study: Obesity Surgery’s Deadly Risk
11 Alive - CHICAGO (AP) — Obesity surgery, the most drastic way to lose weight, is far more than a cosmetic the most common ages for obesity surgery - found death rates well under

Study: Seniors Should Weigh Risks Of Obesity Surgery
Click2Houston.com - But thanks to bariatric surgery, she’s become much healthier and can even play with her kids.’I've lost a total of, like, 76 pounds,’ Hill said.She shed the weight in the four months after having the surgery. Association.The study showed more people die within the first year after obesity surgery than was first thought 44 years old who had obesity surgery, more than 5 percent of

Thursday Edition: Hurricane Pressure
Poynter.org, FL - Oct 19, 2005 indicated. The studies force the conversation about the risks of bariatric surgery versus the risks of not doing the surgery. There

Surgery should always be a last resort
Quad City Times, IA - Sep 30, 2005 In response to Tuesday s article Support group aims to help after bariatric surgery, I remind readers that surgery should always be the last resort for

200 morbidly obese New Jersey Residents are Urgently Needed for a
Emediawire (press release), WA - Oct 5, 2005 To provide the best bariatric surgery patient education, AMMRCA.org and MDTV Medical News Now are conducting an interactive audience response survey at

Robot bypasses gastric surgery issues
WFAA (subscription), TX - Oct 24, 2005 She went to the Bariatric Surgery Center at Memorial Hermann Hospital where her surgeon used not only the laparoscope, but the Da Vinci robot to make the

Study: Stomach Surgery More Risky Than Previously Thought
Pittsburgh Channel.com, PA - Oct 18, 2005 patients. The bottom line is that bariatric surgery is not for everyone, especially if they have other medical problems or are elderly.

Older and Medically Disabled Patients Have Higher Mortality from
DG News - Oct 24, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO — October 24, 2005 — Older and medically disabled patients undergoing bariatric surgery have higher mortality rates than typically reported for