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Anchor lead: Which type of obesity surgery is most common? Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity management is changing, a recent review in the New England Journal of Medicine reports. Kimberly Steele, a bariatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins, says such changes begin …
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Anchor lead: What needs to be considered before bariatric surgery in a teenager? Elizabeth Tracey reports Two recent studies on bariatric surgery in teenagers have shown that over several years of follow-up, weight loss for most did persist as well …
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Anchor lead: Has bariatric surgery for teens come of age? Elizabeth Tracey reports Bariatric surgery for obesity treatment is serious stuff, so especially for adolescents, many have resisted this option until more long term results were available. Now two studies …
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Anchor lead: Man’s impact on global health cannot be denied, Elizabeth Tracey reports Carbon footprints, recyclables, renewable energy. Perhaps you don’t usually think of these things as impacting health and healthcare, but they most certainly do, according to a recent …
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Anchor lead: Helping to improve heart valve replacement is one benefit of big data, Elizabeth Tracey reports Discerning the differences between two types of devices used when someone has a valve in their heart replaced is now possible with the …
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Anchor lead: Can a coronary calcium scan help decide if you need blood pressure medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Coronary calcium scans are looking for deposits on the inside of the heart’s arteries, and they can be helpful in determining someone’s …
