Case Offers Caution on Stomach-Stapling Surgery
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An obese Massachusetts woman and her 8-month-old fetus died of complications 18 months after the woman had stomach-stapling surgery.
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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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Bedsores may seem simple, but they are a serious matter for medical professionals.
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One of Australia&#39;s biggest hospitals was on high alert today over fears that a form of CJD suffered by one of its patients may have been transmitted to others via surgical instruments.
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A case in which being too buff can lead to a serious problem.
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Obese people are significantly less likely to die prematurely if they undergo stomach surgery to lose weight, according to two large new studies that offer the first convincing evidence that the health gains of losing weight translate into living longer.
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A gastric bypass can help a patient lose several hundred pounds, but no matter how many crunches they perform, the excess skin remains. Now plastic surgeons are finding new ways to deal with leftover flesh. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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A leading hospital has admitted it has taken two years to warn hundreds of patients they could have contracted HIV or hepatitis after shoulder operations.
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A hospital says it may have to ask a court to decide whether to continue treating a seriously-ill baby.
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The case of a medical student requesting extra breaks on lengthy tests so she can pump breast milk is a harbinger of what could become a growing problem.
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Over two years ago, the case of a man who died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after donating a portion of his liver to his brother gained a lot of media attention. According to a report published this month, fulminant gas gangrene of the stomach was the cause of death.
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[Health India]: London, Oct 17 : According to a team of researchers from Mayo Clinic in Minnesota a large number of patients who have stomach surgery to lose weight develop peripheral nerve damage and complained of pain, tingling or numbness.
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CHICAGO Obese people who have stomach-reducing surgery may be shedding more than just pounds. A new report says the operations may also cure other ills, like diabetes and high-blood pressure.
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DALLAS -- 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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Patients going under the knife face a significant risk of becoming the victim of a medical error involving medication, according to a report being released today.
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A leading hospital admits it has taken two years to warn patients they could have contracted HIV or hepatitis after shoulder operations.
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The case appears to be focused on whether hospitals are fraudulently overcharging Medicare and other programs for goods.