Fat man&#39;s surgery worth the weight
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A man who weighed nearly half a tonne when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering from obesity surgery. Patrick Deuel, 42, underwent the procedure to reduce the size of his stomach four months after
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NEW YORK  - Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests.
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The majority of male patients undergoing sex-change surgery say they are happy with the results.
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A man who once weighed half a ton is shedding the pounds on a life-saving diet at a South Dakota hospital. Patrick Deuel is down to about 50 stone and hopes to lose at least another 28 stone.
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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.
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As previously reported, the funk legend, 71, had an operation yesterday (December 15) in an attempt to beat prostate cancer. Doctors who treated Brown have said that heâs now &quot;resting&quot; after the operation.
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Being fit but fat isn&#39;t good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found.
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CHICAGO - Obesity surgery helps patients do more than shed weight - it often cures their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    The research - an analysis of 136 studies - found that such operations are more than cosmetic...
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AUSTIN, Texas - An overweight plastic surgeon performed liposuction on himself on camera to promote the potential use of stem cells that can be harvested in such operations.    Dr...
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HOUSTON A Houston surgery center has offered to donate a gastric bypass operation to a 420-pound boy whose insurance company won&#39;t pay for it.
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Fit or fat? What&#39;s it gonna be? We all know the answer to that one. But what if the question&#39;s a little tougher: If you could pick only one, would you choose to be fit but fat?
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after doctors rebuilt his jaw by growing another one on his back. Four weeks after the pioneering operation, the man was able to tuck in to a sausage sandwich .
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hospital, and his doctors say he would have risked a &quot;substantial&quot; heart attack without the operation. an operation, Chief of Cardiology Allan Schwartz of New York-Presbyterian Hospital told a news conference on Monday.
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New research shows that bariatric surgeries, like gastric bypass, are safer and more effective than originally thought, especially for teenagers and seniors. But patients have to be sure to watch their alcohol intake
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NEW YORK  - In the current decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese adolescents having surgery to help them lose weight, although weight loss surgery remains an uncommonly performed procedure in young people.
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Obese patients typically show poor sensitivity to the hormone insulin, a problem that can lead to diabetes. Previous reports have shown that weight loss surgery can improve this sensitivity and now, new research indicates that the type of surgery determines how fast this problem is fixed.
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Obese patients who are treated  for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely  to have a better outcome if the underlying abnormalities caused  by excessive fat tissue are corrected first, according to a  review published in the medical journal Hepatology.