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Category Archives: weight-loss surgery
Personalized Medicine: Read the Chart!
This is a guest post by Ricki Lewis, PhD, who blogs at DNAScience, part of the PLOS blog network. Ricki is a science writer with a PhD in genetics. The author of several textbooks and thousands of articles in scientific, medical, … Continue reading →
Posted in diabetes, Patient stories, weight-loss surgery
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Tagged bariatric surgery, electronic health records, thyroid
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Is Lap Band Surgery Appropriate for Obese Teens?
Earlier this week, the LA Times reported that Allergan was filing an FDA application for its lap band surgery for teens as young as 14. The application follows Allergan getting FDA okay to lower weight threshold for lap band surgery … Continue reading →
Posted in FDA, obesity, teens, weight-loss surgery
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Tagged Allergan, bariatric surgery, lap band surgery
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