420-Pound Teen to Get Free Gastric Bypass
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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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Fourteen-year-old Kristopher Knowles walked out of London a hero. The Sarnia teenager&#39;s journey to raise awareness for organ donations has taken him to 200 communities and as many schools across Canada in 341 days.
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Despite the potential risks, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis decided to have gastric bypass surgery because he was afraid he would one day "drop dead" if he didn't lose weight.
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Fourteen-year-old Travis Marcus left the Arkansas Children Hospital Thursday after giving his surgeon a bear hug. Macon is the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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HOUSTON 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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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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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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Cooking lessons will be made compulsory for teenagers from the start of the next academic year as part of a battle to cut spiralling levels of obesity, the government announced Tuesday.
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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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He won't need diet pills where he's going...
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A 42-year-old man who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds was recovering Wednesday at a Sioux Falls, SD, hospital after gastric bypass surgery.
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When weight loss stalls or  other problems arise years after gastric bypass, the surgery  can be successfully revised with an incisionless,  from-the-inside approach, researchers from Ohio State  University in Columbus report.
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WHEELING, W.Va. - Michael Warren had a lot of lose. The 20-year-old Wintersville resident who once tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds lost 125 pounds in 18 months to pursue a career in law enforcement.
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NEW YORK  - Obese children and teens lost   weight, made new friends and felt more confident after   participating in a community-based program that consisted of   individual counseling, group physical activities and parental   group sessions, UK researchers report.
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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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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. Patrick Deuel, 42, underwent the procedure to reduce the
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Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia &#151; forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.