Mass. Issues Weight Loss Surgery Warning
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The state board that oversees doctors has warned hospitals that perform weight loss surgery that they must improve detection of early signs of complications after 16 surgery-related deaths over 18 months.
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Some cosmetic surgery clinics are putting sales before patient safety, warns a consumer watchdog.
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CHICAGO - Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    Their report - an analysis of 136 studies - suggests that in some cases, the drastic operations may alter the patient's body chemistry itself and relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure...
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A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota - A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering on Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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A significant number of patients who have stomach surgery to lose weight develop peripheral nerve damage, research has found. A team at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found patients complained of pain, tingling or numbness.
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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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FRIDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) --The morbidly obese may not be the only people who should be eligible for bariatric surgery to lose weight, U.S. researchers report.
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Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell underwent breast cancer surgery yesterday after doctors discovered the disease in its very early stages, the governorâs office said.
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MONDAY, March 12  (HealthDay News) -- Obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgeries such as gastric bypass can develop a rare but serious brain condition linked to vitamin deficiency, a new study warns.
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell was scheduled to undergo surgery Monday to remove one of her breasts after cancer was discovered during a routine mammogram, the governor&#39;s office said.
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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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Some obese people who have weight-loss surgery, particularly younger women, develop a neurological condition most often seen in severe alcoholics and linked to a vitamin deficiency, researchers said on Monday.
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Operations to treat obesity such as  stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some  patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition,  doctors warned Thursday.
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell will undergo surgery for breast cancer Monday, which was diagnosed last week after a routine mammogram, according to a press release issued from the governor&#39;s office.
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The 58-year-old Brookfield resident had a mammogram, which led to the detection of a cancerous lump in her breast. At about noon on Monday, she had a mastectomy and reconstructive breast surgery at Danbury Hospital.
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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.