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Savient Pharma Rises on Citi Comments
Forbes - East Brunswick, N.J.-based Savient makes Oxandrin, which treats involuntary weight loss caused by trauma, surgery or diseases such as HIV. That top-seller has come under pressure in recent months due to generic competition, helping swing Savient to a

Adoption case riding on man’s weight loss
Springfield News-Leader - Kansas City — A 35-year-old truck driver who claims he was discriminated against in an adoption case because he is obese may have a second shot at adopting the baby boy after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Gary Stocklaufer, who weighed about

Football’s family loses a father
Baltimore Sun - According to friends, Eaton underwent back surgery at Union Memorial Hospital It’s a tremendous loss to high school football,” Wade said. “Ben was well He made it a point to let other Baltimore City football teams use Dunbar’s weight

Obesity Rates Level Off After 25 Years of Increases (Update3)
Bloomberg - The most effective method to treat obesity is bariatric surgery, the only approach shown to help patients achieve substantial, lasting weight loss, studies show. The most common surgery, gastric bypass, shrinks the stomach and allows food to avoid

My belly was HUGE after three babies - but was the £7,000 tummy tuck
Daily Mail - of dieting, exercise and numerous sit-ups, she still looked pregnant, she finally plucked up the courage to have surgery. To many people it says cop-out and easy weight loss, and it bundles me in with the body fascist American culture of physical

May 2007 Archives
New York Daily News - ve posted a more in-depth Q&A with Major Kadrmas, who has had tours of duty in Kuwait, Qatar and now Iraq performing surgery Wagner then won the Mets-Yankees opener, and Rivera took the loss, on David Wright’s single that cleared Johnny Damon’s

Yocco aiming to pin down state title, records
Reading Eagle - decision to Boyertown in the 2002 championship match after a four-point loss to Carabello’s_weight choice Gov. Mifflin’s Chris Carabello surprised a lot of freshman season and was a staple in the middle of the lineup, had Tommy John surgery

Norfolk man gets fit and keeps the weight off
WVEC - After a lifetime of obesity, a Norfolk man lost more than 150 pounds without having surgery. Roman Grandy is a What’s his magic formula for weight loss? “I started out walking at 400 pounds. I would walk. I had to break the

MetaCure(TM) Launches Investigational Study of Gastric Stimulator for
Forbes - Impact on blood glucose levels, weight loss, blood pressure and other clinical and metabolic parameters will be studied. To be Sawyers Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Meet this week’s Weight Loss Winner, Diane Fraley , and check out her
Allentown Morning Call - Are you a weight-loss winner? Have you lost more than 20 pounds — without surgery — and kept it off? Would you be willing to tell others how you did it? Let’s face it, the holidays soon are upon us — a time when it’s easier than ever to pack on

Fort Campbell to open Bariatric Surgery Center
Leaf Chronicle - Weight-loss surgery is usually the last resort for morbidly obese patients who have tried a myriad of diets and failed at all of them. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell hopes to make these people’s lives healthier and happier with

VIVUS Initiates Pivotal Phase 3 Trial In Obese Patients And Announces
Medical News Today - Morbidly obese patients are often candidates for bariatric surgery. A recently published study shows that patients who have undergone Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Procedure lost 13.2% total weight. The EQUIP study will allow us to see the

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Argus Leader - Fouts, 35, had gastric bypass surgery nearly six years ago, dropping from 410 pounds to 180. He will speak and host a cups, a scale and a meat thermometer to prevent overcooking meat, says Fouts, who is on the staff at Western Bariatric

Valpo woman fights battle with image
Post-Tribune - Stacy Adams (left) gets excited as bariatric registered nurse Karen Krutz takes her measurements at The Methodist Hospitals The surgery is not a magical tool.” The results of some successful weight loss operations appear drastic and sudden — so

Health Notes
Hartford Courant - Aziz Benbrahim will present a free seminar for people considering bariatric surgery in which participants can meet the bariatric team and learn more about the option of weight-loss surgery, Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at MidState Medical Center

Hurley Medical Center Enhances Customer Service Capabilities With
Earthtimes - Center has grown to become the region’s premier public, teaching hospital providing advanced specialty care including burn medicine, pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, high-risk pregnancy care, joint replacement and bariatric surgery