Weight Reduction Surgery Headlines

Study demonstrates safety of weight reduction surgery in morbidly obese adolescents

Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.

N.L. man claims province's denial of surgery for men related to weight loss is 'discriminatory'

Andrew Murley of Gander, N.L., says after losing more than 200 pounds, he's also lost faith in Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system, which denies surgery to remove excess skin related to extreme weight loss.

Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents Improves Obesity-Related Diseases Within First Two Years

Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer. They found that their patients had experienced a significant loss of excess body weight and showed improvement in many obesity-related diseases within ...

Former Clay County deputy left with disabilities after surgery

A Duval County jury has found Memorial Hospital negligent in its care of a patient and awarded his family $167 million in damages for medical negligence and fraud, and added $10 million in punitive damages.

Foreigners in India for 'mommy makeover' surgery

When a group of women from Uganda embarked on a trip of a lifetime to India, little did many of their friends and families at home know that a secret surgical "mommy makeover" was on their itinerary.