482kg man recovers from obesity surgery
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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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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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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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A Mexican man who once weighed half a tonne left his house for the first time in five years on Wednesday after losing 440 pounds (200 kg) through diet and exercise.
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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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Opera singer Russell Watson is recovering after an emergency operation to remove a brain tumour.
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Extremely obese people who have weight-loss surgeries experience dramatic improvements in their health, according to a study in Wednesday&#39;s Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's condition has improved and he has a good chance of recovering, his doctor said Saturday.
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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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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived home yesterday after undergoing a successful operation to correct an irregular heartbeat.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a successful operation Friday to correct an irregular heartbeat and was recovering at home, a hospital official said.    Simon Wilde, a spokesman for Hammersmith Hospital in west London, also said Blair would have a "rapid and complete recovery" and there was a low risk the problem would recur...
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Weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese people, a study to compare the approaches has found.
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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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Chinese surgeons said Tuesday they successfully operated on a man with a massive 33-pound tumor that hung down from his face, obscuring his features and warping his backbone.
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A German man has been able to eat his first solid meal in nine years, thanks to a pioneering surgical technique in which the patient incubated a replacement jawbone in a muscle on his back.
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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 German man, whose jaw was removed because of cancer, has been able to eat his first solid meal in nine years thanks to a replacement jawbone which was incubated in a muscle on his back.