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80Bariatric Surgery- Unstable Blood Sugar After Gastric Bypass
Many would say the benefits of weight loss surgery are obvious. There are also many common side effects of surgery. There is an emerging trend however of a much more serious complication of unstable blood sugar.
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79Weight Loss Surgery: A Cautionary Lap-Band Tale
When considering weight loss surgery, it's important to look at all of your options carefully. For almost three years, I had a Lap-Band... and was miserable. This is my experience.
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88What 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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76Health Insurance Options for Cosmetic Procedures
Do you need a cosmetic procedure or surgery? Read this to see if your procedure might be covered by insurance.
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70Tips for Choosing a Shower Seat
Find out about three key considerations when buying a shower seat or shower chair -- dimensions, materials, and construction.
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71Gastric bypass post op diet
The gastric surgery bariatric surgery is one of those procedures which have a life changing effect on the patient. Now this procedure is done on the patients mostly who have morbid obesity or people who are...
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68Gastric Bypass Diet Tips
The gastric bypass diet is a plan for eating that is followed for 8 weeks or more following gastric bypass surgery. When someone is considering gastric bypass surgery, the thing that crosses their mind the most is how much weight they are going to...
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90Gastric Bypass Surgery: Pros And Cons
More than 150,000 people undergo weight loss surgery every year, and many times that consider it. But having a gastric bypass is a major, life-changing event. There are pros and cons to consider before deciding whether this drastic, irreversible step is right for you.
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78Robotic Surgery: The Technology, Benefits and Risks
The words 'Robotic Surgery' may at once inspire a sense of awe or strike fear in the heart of a patient. You may, depending on your view of technology, be amazed at the advancement in technical wizardry and start to think about the advantages. Or you may equally be petrified with fear - Put my body at the mercy of a robot? What if things go wrong? Why do they want a machine to operate on me? Have they run out of surgeons?
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65Make the Decision to have Weight Loss Surgery
Some of my friends have urged me to write about my experience with weight loss surgery. So often I think you hear of the horror stories and not too many of the success stories. As far as weight loss surgery goes I suppose I am a success...
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