Half-ton man recovers from obesity surgery
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. By Stuart Villanueva, AP.
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A MAN who weighed about half a tonne when he was admitted to a US hospital was recovering today from obesity surgery. Doctors said he was &quot;doing very well,&quot; moving around and even cracking jokes.
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Obesity surgery has helped many  patients lose weight and improve their health, a panel of  experts told U.S. regulators on Thursday, but they added there  was insufficient data on how well the procedure worked for  elderly patients covered by Medicare,
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Nebraska man who weighed more than half a ton is doing better. Patrick Deuel checked himself into a hospital last month in Sioux Falls, SD The Valentine man weighed 1,072 pounds.
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A 55-stone man who was given six months to live unless he slimmed down has lost over half his body weight.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD - A day after surgeons reduced the size of his stomach in a nine-hour surgery, Patrick Deuel - who once weighed 1,072 pounds - moved around and even cracked a couple of jokes from his hospital bed, his doctor said Wednesday.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - His recovery was slowed because of an infection, but a man who once weighed half a ton may soon leave a hospital after losing more than 450 pounds.  Patrick Deuel, 42, is scheduled to go home to Valentine, Neb., on Jan. 22.
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Operation gives Chinese man with 15kg tumour hope of leading a normal life
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HOUSTON A Houston surgery center has offered to donate a gastric bypass operation to a 420-pound boy who needs the procedure for a chance at a healthy life.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro has almost fully recovered from the stomach surgery, says a top Cuban politician.
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years
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Patients can develop  potentially disabling neurological complications after gastric  bypass surgery performed to treat morbid obesity, most likely  due to deficiencies in certain nutrients, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Obese men who undergo surgery  for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers  to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels,  a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests.  Moreover, this seems to be true even in cases in which all of  the cancer was apparently removed at surgery.
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Obese people who undergo weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass not only shed pounds, they can be cured of diabetes, high blood pressure, and a number of other illnesses commonly caused by obesity.
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'He is stable now. He experienced chest pain due to exertion and high blood pressure but that has now been brought under control through medicines,' a doctor said.q
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A gastric bypass can help a patient lose several hundred pounds, but no matter how many crunches they perform, the excess skin remains. Now plastic surgeons are finding new ways to deal with leftover flesh. By Kristen Philipkoski.