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Weight Loss Surgery: Health Trade-Off?

by Ashley Staker on June 15, 2010

If you are obese and want to get healthy, there’s really no way around the need to make significant changes to your lifestyle habits. However, some people who need to get meaningful results faster or who are unable to lose weight any other way opt for bariatric surgery.  Advancements and experience have made these procedures [...]

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How the Right Heart Surgeon Can Save Your Life

by Ashley Staker on March 19, 2010

Sometimes research affirms what makes sense anyway, though it takes nothing away from its compelling and important nature. Case in point: Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that patients who need an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) — an implanted electronic device to correct heart rhythm problems — do better [...]

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