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Stories about: gastric bypass

Star Jones Tells Oprah Her Weight Almost Killed Her Losing weight in the spotlight can often be hard, especially since most tend to question whether the celebrity doing it is cheating or not. This is precisely the topic of a new “Oprah” episode that will air this week, with Star Jones revealing that her getting gastric bypass in 2003 was the only thing tha... 1 April 2009 07:04 GMT Losing Weight – Surgery Versus Exercise Most people who are overweight and want to lose a few extra pounds ask themselves if they should go about achieving this via gastric bypass, or simply sticking to physical exercises. There are numerous proponents and critics to both methods, but a recently-released study shows that there is little difference between ... 16 December 2008 07:15 GMT Medicare Wants to Cut Funding for Weight Loss Surgeries While most civilized countries employ a public health service, the United States continue to lag behind, being caught in the clutches of various private insurance firms, which have their own interest in mind, instead of that of the policy beneficiary. This was further proven recently, when Medicare – the compan... 18 November 2008 05:52 GMT