Weight Loss Surgery - Health & Fitness Guide
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006Health & Fitness Guide
Memphis Commercial Appeal - “Zoom through the Zoo”: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Memphis Zoo, 2000 Prentiss Place (Overton Park). Choose a 1-mile fun run or a 4-mile route. Registration: $15 in advance ($14 Memphis Runners Track Club members); $20 race day. 333-6500. memphiszoo
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HEALTH CALENDAR, HEALTH CALENDAR
Wichita Eagle - Trans Fats: And You Thought Lard Was Bad, 12:05 p.m. June 1, $11, $10 Health Hunter members, includes lunch. Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning International, 3100 N. Hillside. Reservations, (316) 682-3100 or www.brightspot.org
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Antelope Valley Calendar
Los Angeles Daily News - Emotional Freedom Technique for pain relief weekly demonstrations, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (except before three-day weekends), Stress Management Institute for Living Empowered, 44130 Division St., Lancaster. Call (661) 942-4220. Sweet Talkers Toastmasters
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Gastric Sleeve Can Help Cut Appetite
WBAL Channel - MIAMI — For some people fighting the war of the waistline, a new weight loss surgery may provide desired results in a method safer than current procedures. Dr. Antonio Muina used to weigh 315 pounds, but he has lost 100 pounds since September after
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Support Groups
Quad-Cities Times - AIDS Project Quad Cities Inc. Support groups for persons who are HIV positive. Information: (563) 421-4266. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). 5:30-7:30 p.m. second Tuesdays, Trinity-West, Rock Island, (563) 359-5181. Alzheimer’s. Support for
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Weight Management Drugs
WIS-TV - (National) May 25, 2006 - For some people fighting the war of the waistline, a new weight loss surgery may be the answer. This easier, safer surgery is showing some amazing results. Dr. Antonio Muina used to tip the scales at 315 pounds. “I was
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Movement Problems Are Not the Only — or Most Difficult — Symptoms of
Forbes - BOSTON, May 25 /PRNewswire/ — Many people think that tremors and slow, rigid movements are the only symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, although these are the most noticeable ones, they’re not always the most distressing. In one survey
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Health Happenings
Connellsville Daily Courier - — Childbirth and Beyond Weekender series, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Westmoreland Hospital. Sessions cover labor and birth, pain control options, Cesarean birth, postpartum care, the normal newborn and breathing/relaxation techniques
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Callers seek information on weight loss surgery
Daily Journal - That was the main concern of callers during Saturday’s Health Hotline. Dr. Condapuram Pasupathy, who specializes in bariatric surgery at South Jersey Healthcare, addressed the concerns of local patients who were considering gastric bypass surgery
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African Americans having Gastric Bypass in Record Numbers
WebWire - Gastric bypass surgeries have increased dramatically in recent years, jumping more than 500 percent worldwide jumping from 16,800 operations in 1993 to 140,640 in 2004, according to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Between sixty and
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