420-Pound Teen to Get Free Gastric Bypass
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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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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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Among teens in one Los Angles public school, 60 percent reported dieting at some point in their lives -- primarily before the age of 14 -- and many said
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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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The parent of the Pizza Hut, Taco  Bell and KFC fast-food chains will give out free gym  memberships to customers beginning Jan. 1 in a bid to win over  consumers resolved to limit fatty foods in the New Year.
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Gastric bypass surgery and similar operations for severe obesity lead to long-term weight loss, and people who have undergone such a procedure have lower risks for heart disease and diabetes than conventionally treated individuals, according to a new Swedish study.
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TUESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Poor, older teenagers are more likely to be overweight than their well-off counterparts.
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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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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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Ever since her dramatic weight loss, Star Jones Reynolds has refused to confirm or deny that she had gastric bypass surgery.
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MONDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Gastric bypass surgery controls symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in morbidly obese people who've had previous anti-reflux surgery, says a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center study in the November issue of Obesity Surgery.
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The number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, new research suggests. While the procedure is still far more common in adults, it appears to be slightly less risky in teens, according to an analysis of data on 12- to 19-year-olds who had obesity surgery from 1996 through 2003.
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She was a 16-year-old honors student, keenly interested in politics and eager to work for her candidate in last fall's congressional elections. But when election day came around, the girl wasn't on the campaign trail. She was in the hospital, with anorexia.
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A teenage girl who has four kidneys is hoping to be able to donate two of them to patients in need of a transplant
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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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(HealthDay News) -- Though it continues to grow in popularity among the severely obese, gastric bypass surgery should not be taken lightly.
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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.