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Gastric Bypass Works Better Than Lap-Band: Study

Older procedure fares better in year-long review

(Newser) - Lap-Band surgery got a big thumbs up from the FDA a week ago, but a new study has found that gastric bypass, an older weight-loss surgery, may be the best option for overweight patients. Researchers at UC San Francisco found that the gastric bypass procedure known as Roux-en-Y bypass, which... More »

An Obese Woman's Struggle With Food

Jennifer Joyner tried everything before realizing true problem

(Newser) - Jennifer Joyner was "a longtime member of the morbidly obese," avoiding the reflection of her 336-pound body in the mirror and wondering how her husband could still want her. For years, she could not stop eating, "cheeseburgers and French fries and pepperoni pizzas and chocolate bars smothered... More »

Teen Girls Drawn to Risky Weight-Loss Surgery

Gastric banding is popular—but not FDA-approved for youths

(Newser) - Teen girls are lining up for a weight-loss surgery known as gastric banding, prompting concerns from health experts who fear many may be sacrificing their well-being to look skinny, the Daily Beast reports. Banding is pitched as a safer, less invasive procedure than gastric bypass, and it's gaining popularity among... More »

Bypass Surgery Looks More and More Like Diabetes Cure

No one knows why, but docs are embracing bypass as a cure

(Newser) - Just why it works is still murky, but the connection between gastric bypass surgery and the reduction—or even elimination—of diabetes is so strong that some doctors are suggesting it as a treatment. “We may have a cure for diabetes,” one tells the Los Angeles Times. While... More »

Ex-View Buddies Swap Barbs

Onetime co-host slams Walters tell-all as cry for attention

(Newser) - Star Jones is blasting back at Barbara Walters for claims made in her new tell-all memoir, US magazine reports. Walters writes in Audition that Jones compelled her and the other co-hosts of The View to lie about her gastric bypass surgery. More »

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