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Erlanger Offers Fitness Opportunities, “What’s Up Doc?” Series
Chattanoogan - Bariatric Support Group meetings are for individuals scheduled to have Bariatric surgery or who have already had weight loss surgery. Call (423) 778-LINK (5465) to register. What’s Up Doc? Series: “When Making Love Hurts” 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

A friend’s weight loss leaves more to love — Connie Schultz
Cleveland Plain Dealer - She gave me all of three days notice before her bariatric surgery. “This is something I have to do,” she said in a call from her home in Jacksonville, Fla. “And I don’t want you talking me out of it.” Fleka and I have been friends for 25 years. Her

Diabetes study favors surgery to treat obese
International Herald Tribune - Medical societies in the United States and abroad that once called their specialty bariatric surgery, a term that refers to weight loss, have started adding the word “metabolic” to their titles to emphasize the new focus on diabetes. “I think diabetes

Cardiac care earns honor for St. Joe’s
Herald News - Driven by quality, collaboration and affordability, Blue Distinction strengthens consumer engagement and provider partnerships through new specialty centers which offer the best practices and standards of care in bariatric surgery, cardiac care and

KCI reorganizes and strengthens therapeutic surfaces business
San Antonio Business Journal - lead a dedicated sales force in the United States that will focus solely on the company’s therapeutic support systems that help manage pressure ulcers in patients as well as the sale of specialty hospital beds to patients who are either bariatric or

Featured PRFirm
PRWeb - The American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers signed an agreement with JobTarget to implement a new online career center. JobTarget’s state of the art software will now power AAASC’s online job board. JobTarget provides AAASC and their

Senator urges coverage of obesity surgery
Topeka Capitol-Journal - The legislation requires the Kansas Health Policy Authority to review recent medical studies demonstrating the efficacy and safety of gastric bypass and Lap-Band surgeries. Sen. Jim Barnett, R-Emporia, said the procedures can help prevent future

Losing a label — and a bunch of weight, too
Northwest Arkansas News - Primarily, Roller performs three types of bariatric surgery - gastric bypass, lap band and laproscopic sleeve gastrectomy. “I love Dr. Roller to death, and I’m really glad he’s my surgeon,” Sinquefield said. “Oh, I guess everyone thinks about things

Lap-band surgery
The Ledger - Laparoscopic Louxen-Y — or Lap-Band — surgery is much less risky and not as invasive as gastric bypass, said Dr. Ravindra Mailapur, a bariactric surgeon practicing in Huntsville, Ala. The Lap-Band is made of silastic — a brand of flexible

Faith ignites strength for Lulu Roman’s weight loss
Nashville Tennessean - Charles Morton, who performed Lulu Roman’s laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery, has performed about 1,300 such surgeries since it The band works purely from restriction, unlike a gastric bypass, which reroutes the food and can prevent

Weight Loss Surgeries Provide More Options
The State Journal - Health professionals say laparoscopic band surgery is becoming popular alternative to the more drastic gastric bypass surgery for weight loss. Laparoscopic band surgery could provide the necessary support for diet and exercise for someone who has