Surgery &#39;best way to cut fat&#39;
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GASTRIC surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study quoted today. The researchers found people who had surgery bypassing their large intestine were 23
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NEW YORK  - Seriously overweight people who undergo gastric bypass surgery to shed pounds should try to make as many scheduled post-op doctors appointments as possible, according to a new study. It shows that follow-up care is a key component of the long-term success of the weight-loss surgery.
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TUESDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A still-small but growing number of teens are undergoing bariatric surgery, which reduces the size of the stomach, to treat obesity.
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Weight loss surgery can be especially helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A long-term study of people who had surgery for obesity found they lost more weight and experienced fewer obesity-related complications, including diabetes, than people who didn&#39;t have the operation.
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ATKINS-style diets are the best for shifting pot bellies in middle-aged men, say researchers. Doctors found fat loss from the chest and stomach was three times greater on the low carbohydrate regimes than a low-fat plan.
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Surgeons have used stem cells from fat to help repair skull damage in a 7-year-old girl in Germany, in what&#39;s apparently the first time such fat-derived cells have been exploited to grow bone in a human.
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In the current decade, there  has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese adolescents  having surgery to help them lose weight, although weight loss  surgery remains an uncommonly performed procedure in young  people.
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If you&#39;re looking for a better way to control your weight, a new study suggests that getting a good night&#39;s sleep might keep the pounds off.
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People 65 years of age or older  may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to  a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the  outcome.
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For the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed.
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NEW YORK  - People 65 years of age or older may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the outcome.
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Weight-loss surgery for severe obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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(HealthDay News) -- Obesity surgery helps severely obese people lose weight by  reducing the size of the stomach, by bypassing a portion of the body's digestive system, or a combination of these procedures.
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NEW YORK  - In the current decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese adolescents having surgery to help them lose weight, although weight loss surgery remains an uncommonly performed procedure in young people.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD A South Dakota man, who recently weighed more than a-half ton, is recovering from obesity surgery. Patrick Deuel had surgery yesterday to reduce the size of his stomach so he can&#39;t eat as much.
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Researchers have figured out how to remove fat from one part of the body and make it grow in another part -- at least in mice -- and say their findings could benefit health as well as beauty.