Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Gastric Bypass Best for Weight Loss, Study Finds (HealthDay)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to shedding pounds and improving or eliminating type 2 diabetes, gastric bypass surgery may be better than other surgical weight-loss procedures, two new studies find.

Gastric bypass better than Lap-Band: study (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 01:02 PM PST

Reuters - A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, compared with 36 percent in those treated with Allergan Inc's Lap-Band device, researchers said on Monday.

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