Archive for September, 2006

Healthy Happenings events calendar 

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Healthy Happenings events calendar 
Adventure Racing and Map and Compass II , a navigation, orienteering and adventure racing class for beginners. Offered by the Metro Parks Outdoor Recreation Program and Nashville Trailblazers.

Drastic measures 
In the past, chronic diseases were managed and minimized by physicians. Now, there is a whole new era of surgeons offering a solution to health problems like diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Get a Complimentary ‘Surgical Weight-Loss Guide’ 
The Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute offers an easy-to-read guide to understanding bariatric surgery, deciding if it’s right for you and what to expect during recovery. (PRWEB Sep 15, 2006)

Food news and notes 
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Medifast, Inc. Announces Winners of 2006 Medifast Star Contest 
Medifast, Inc. announced today that it has chosen 10 winners of the 2006 Medifast Star contest.

Obese man on recovery trail 
A 40-year-old Bahraini man, who weighed nearly 400 kilograms when he was admitted to the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) two weeks ago, is responding to treatment and has already shed 11kg, according to sources.

Bariatric surgery weighs heavy on commissioners 
“I would not have been able to do it, had my insurance not paid for it,” Jackson said. Her insurance coverage was through her husband’s employer. A sample of that feedback comes from a news8austin.com poll: 65 percent of respondents say the county’s idea is a waste of money.

Q-Med: Q-Med’s First Product in the Field of Body Augmentations …

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Q-Med: Q-Med’s First Product in the Field of Body Augmentations …
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 12, 2006MACROLANE is the first product approved to be used in the field of body augmentations, for example asymmetries after liposuction. …

Is Sanchez film totally irresponsible?
ic Wales, United Kingdom - Sep 21, 2006… camera. In one shocking scene, the gang visit a Bangkok plastic surgery clinic where Pancho has liposuction without anaesthetic. …

All hail the work of the Brazilian Buttock guy
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 22, 2006… diversify. He looked like Julio Iglesias and referred to that region of the body best suited to liposuction as the “muffin”. This …

Surgeon puts fork in dad s food binge

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Surgeon puts fork in dad s food binge
Boston Herald - Stockbridge said he went on a two-week binge, which the Herald chronicled, at all his favorite restaurants, believing that after gastric bypass surgery his love of food would be gone.

Missing woman found dead at site of car crash
Anchorage Daily News - Shari Henkelman had been out of work because of health problems, which included a hip replacement, multiple surgeries on her foot, and gastric bypass surgery in recent years, her husband said before she was found, when he was asking for help and

Rethinking Healthcare Completely
Tech Dirt - If we didn’t have liposuction and gastric bypass surgery people wouldn’t eat as much. Medicine is being an enabler to the disgusting lifestyles of Americans. Sure they won’t live as long but with medicine that

Twin brothers both undergoing gastric bypass surgery
10 News - Tampa, Florida - Losing weight is never an easy task. But twin brothers from Tampa are embarking on the journey together. The 50 year old men are both under-going gastric bypass surgery today. Raul and Enrique Castillo do everything together. They