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Bariatric Surgery- Unstable Blood Sugar After Gastric Bypass

  Many would say the benefits of weight loss surgery are obvious.  You look better, you feel better, you’re healthier, and you live longer.  There are many common side effects of surgery, which clients...

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Gastric Bypass: The Roux-en-Y Procedure

Details of the gastric bypass procedure   Gastric Bypass: The Roux-En-Y Procedure   Gastric bypass is just what the name suggests. A surgical procedure performed to “bypass” the stomach. A...

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Life after gastric bypass isn't the "easy solution" it's often billed as73

What Life After Gastric Bypass Surgery Is Really Like

It's become one of the most popular weapons in the war against obesity, partially because it's billed as an easy, permanent solution. But having gastric bypass surgery drastically and permanently changes your life in ways you can't imagine beforehand. Find out what life after gastric bypass is really like - from someone who lives it.

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Healthy Eating Guidelines: The Lap Band

Healthy Eating Guidelines: The Lap Band   In a report from June of this year, USA Today reported that the average person undergoing weight loss surgery has tried at least 24 different “diets and...

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Gastric Bypass Hair Loss: Can It Be Avoided?

Many people who have gastric bypass surgery are concerned about hair loss. They wonder, how much hair will I really lose? How quickly will it grow back? And most importantly, is there anything I can do about it?

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Gastric Bypass Complications

For many people, a gastric bypass has helped them lose the weight they have struggled with so many years. Although it can reduce mortality rates from obesity-related health problems, it is a serious and potentially fatal surgery. Learn about the complications so you can make a wise, informed decision.

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Bariatric Surgery Financing

Bariatric surgery financing one of the best ways to pay for a needed surgery if you don’t have the medical coverage or finances to cover it. Lap band bariatric surgery is by far one of the best permanent...

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Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery - What questions should you ask the surgeon?

Bariatric surgery can be a lifesaver for many people. It is also a surgery that can be life changing in more ways than just your looks. Selecting a doctor is a very important step in the process and can...

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The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure leaves the stomach pouch too small to hold large amounts of food. Graphics courtesy the National Institutes of Health. 70

Lap-Band Surgery

Beneath his quick smile were years of pain. The 29-year-old small town Ohio mayor weighed nearly 400 pounds. Since childhood, he'd endured taunts like "Tubby" and "Lardo." Finally, suffering from high blood...

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Diary of a mad fat woman

 It all started back in my early childhood. My parents told me the first time I uttered a full sentence I said,  " I go McDonalds" That should have clued them into something. But alas, they just thought it...

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