Archive for September, 2008

High demand for less weight - Herald-Mail

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

High demand for less weight - Herald-Mail
Cheryl Everson, 33, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., lost 160 pounds after her gastric bypass surgery in Chambersburg, Pa., last year. A new bariatric practice opened in Washington County in June. Local doctors said demand for weight-loss surgery is

Private clinics meet demand for bariatric surgery - Globe and Mail
Tom Saridis is having the time of his life. He bombs around in a little Mercedes, buys his clothes off the rack at any store he chooses, and gets a kick out of flying in the close confines of economy class. Two years ago, such simple pleasures would

Texas Bariatric Specialists - KXAN
Dr. Nilesh Patel is a fellowship-trained, minimally invasive surgeon who is nationally recognized for his surgical expertise and has experience in over 1,000 weight-loss procedures. He and his team truly understand the emotional and physical

Private clinics try to fill void as wait lists for bariatric surgery - Canada East
Tom Saridis is having the time of his life. He bombs around in a little Mercedes, buys his clothes off the rack at any store he chooses and gets a kick out of flying in the close confines of economy class. Two years ago, such simple pleasures would

Gastric Bypass Surgery May Be Effective for Weight Loss in Most - Medscape News
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Till death do them part? Possibly, unless they lost a lot of weight - New Haven Register
Chris and Donna Pelkey were flirting with death. He was carrying the equivalent of a refrigerator everywhere. The extra weight was strangling him at night and squeezing his heart by day. “My health was getting worse and worse,” he said. She was

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Lap-Band(R) Surgery - MSN MoneyCentral

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Lap-Band(R) Surgery - MSN MoneyCentral
Halifax Health will present a live online bariatric surgery on Monday, September 22 at 7 pm. Joel Sebastien, MD, FACS, a surgeon with East Coast Bariatrics, will perform a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding , better known as a Lap-Band® surgery

Weight-loss surgery seminar - Courier-Post
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Learn all you wanted to know about bariatric surgery at a free seminar about the weight-loss surgery on Thursday at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, 435 Hurffvile-Cross Keys Road. Two of Kennedy Health Systems surgeons trained in this

Gastric bypass requires discipline - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Sara Sloan could be the star of an advertisement for weight-reduction surgery. This 58-year-old retired teacher from Brooklyn had been “the heaviest kid in kindergarten, heavy my whole life,” she said, until she underwent gastric bypass surgery

Walk from Obesity participation continues to rise - Observer-Dispatch

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Walk from Obesity participation continues to rise - Observer-Dispatch
Diana Carpenter watched a crowd of doctors, medical personnel, bariatric patients and eager volunteers walked a chalk-drawn route at Mohawk Valley Community College Saturday and smiled. That’s because the annual Walk from Obesity has doubled in size

Community calendar - Carlsbad Current-Argus
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following list comes from the organizations involved. Meeting changes and special speakers will be printed in the Little Argus section during the week. Notices, special speakers and meeting changes may be sent to Meeting Log

Health & Fitness Calendar - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Nearly 300 racers participated in the recent inaugural Cotton Pickin’ 5K Run/Walk benefiting Fayette Cares. The event, along Main Street in Somerville, helped raise more than $14,000 for Fayette Cares, which provides emergency shelter, supportive