Man has gastric surgery in adoption bid
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A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back.
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Three months ago, Howard Staab, 53, learned he had a life-threatening heart condition and would have to undergo surgery at a cost of up to $200,000, an impossible sum for the
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A 58-year-old Colorado man received a new kidney on Wednesday in the first transplant operation in the United States using an organ found on a private Web site, hospital officials said.
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A worldwide search discovers a bone marrow match in the US for a boy with a rare genetic disease.
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A father considers legal action to stop the downgrading of a neurosurgery unit where his son was treated.
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One of four brothers diagnosed with a rare disease is re-admitted to hospital following a transplant.
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LONDON - A German man was able to chow down on a brastwurst sandwich after surgeons grew a new jaw bone on his back muscle and transplanted the bone to his mouth.
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Michael Jackson's father, Joseph, has  surgery to fix two bleeding ulcers in his stomach.
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Peter Houghton is grateful for his artificial heart. After all, it has saved his life.
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HOUSTON Oct. 14, 2004 - Two doctors and a hospital offered a free gastric bypass to a 420-pound teenager after another medical center canceled the procedure because his insurance would not pay for it.
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Carnie Wilson, whose gastric bypass surgery five years ago was broadcast on the Internet, is expecting her first child.
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Gastric surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study. The researchers found that people who had surgery bypassing their large intestine were 23 per cent
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As the popularity of stomach surgery has skyrocketed among obese adults, a growing number of doctors are asking, "Why not children, too?"
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When Jose Luis Cabrera had coronary by-pass surgery after a heart attack five years ago, his wife had to bring food and clean sheets to him in the hospital. The operation itself didn't cost the Cuban couple a cent.
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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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A man's efforts to get a healthy liver with public pleas, including billboards and a Web site, succeeded as he underwent transplant surgery with a donated organ. Officials at The Methodist Hospital said Todd Krampitz, 32, was recovering Friday in the intensive care unit.
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A man infected with tuberculosis who caused an international health scare in May underwent surgery to remove the diseased part of his right lung.