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Crisis of obesity
Baltimore Sun, United States - Nov 29, 2005 It has become painfully evident to Americans that we are facing a national health crisis as a result of obesity. According to the

Obesity Ups Arrhythmia Risk After Bypass
Forbes - Nov 17, 2005 “Obesity is increasingly prevalent among patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery,” Robert H. Habib, director of cardiopulmonary research at St.

Study: Obesity Counseling On The Rise
KDKA, PA - Nov 26, 2005 It found that physicians offered obesity-related counseling while treating children only four percent of the time in 1995, a number that rose to 15 percent in

Role in Type 1 diabetes provides clue for researchers who
uwnews.org, WA - 4 hours ago The discovery of a gene believed to be connected to morbid obesity has international origins and began as an exploration into the causes of Type I diabetes.

State studying obesity in students
Rapid City Journal, SD - Nov 24, 2005 PIERRE (AP) - Seventy-four schools throughout the state are getting equipment to help track child obesity. They are being asked

Overweight children break more bones
Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Nov 22, 2005 issues. In October, he had obesity surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, hoping to get at the underlying problem.

Rose Medical tops in obesity surgeries
Denver Business Journal, CO - Nov 2, 2005 five years. Obesity surgery is used to modify the stomach and/or intestines to reduce the amount and absorption of food. The award

UW named a nationwide center to help study surgical treatments for
uwnews.org, WA - 2 hours ago The research projects funded by this grant will deal with several aspects of obesity surgery, possibly including the effects of stomach bypass surgery on gut

HEALTH & FITNESS CALENDAR
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), WA - Nov 28, 2005 SE, Pacific; free; 253-351-0450. Obesity Surgery Discussion Group 4:30-6:30 pm Fridays (call to confirm), St. Francis Hospital, 34515 Ninth Ave.

Hunger pains
The State, SC - Nov 20, 2005 is hard to break the habit of using food as a coping mechanism, said Stephanie Greene, a therapist with Lexington Medical Center s SC Obesity Surgery Center.

The Politics of Lard-assery
CHUD - A particularly incendiary topic is weight-loss surgery (stomach stapling or more radical measures like rerouting the

Rule changes proposed for weight-loss surgery
Sun-Journal - That is why the agency is proposing to make it easier for the disabled to get the surgery.Currently, Medicare covers the cost if the surgery is recommended to treat other health problems. on Wednesday expanding Medicare coverage of weight-loss surgery for the disabled, but eliminating coverage studies also have shown that weight-loss surgery poses greater risks for

WDH 1106 Briefs
Wausau Daily Herald - surgery, also known as gastric bypass surgery or weight loss surgery, is an option for some patients who suffer

Weight loss surgery helps prevent diabetes in morbidly obese patients
Reuters Health - The surgery also helps stave off hypertension. The findings are based on a study of 73 morbidly obese patients who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and 49 comparison subjects who refused the surgery.

Medicare to pay for some obesity surgeries
Reuters - overweight or obese by the National Institutes of Health.Weight-loss surgery is already covered on a regional basis to

400-Pound Sumo Wrestler Turned Big Band Singer Launches Website for Gastric Bypass Patients
PRWeb - Big-T Thompson reaches out to the weight loss surgery community with www.RenewedReflections.com Dallas, Texas has created a new Website, weight loss surgery patients, many of whom