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Weight Loss Surgery for Teens: Risks and Benefits

Helen Zachary — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:18:47 +0000

Weight Loss Surgery for Teens: Risks and Benefits. As obesity surgery is now becoming more popular among obese teenagers who are desperate to lose weight, we should be aware of the risks and benefits that weight-loss surgery poses to young people. According to CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, the benefits of weight-loss surgery …

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Gastric Band Surgery for Weight Loss: Is it Safe?

Helen Zachary — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:05:47 +0000

Gastric Band Surgery for Weight Loss: Is it Safe? There is a need for future researchers that will look on the safety of weight-loss surgery operations among teenagers, researchers suggest after finding out that more overweight teenagers are undergoing laparoscopic gastric band surgery. The researchers, who published their study online last Sept. 20 in the …

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Weight Loss Tips: Breastfeed Your Baby!

Helen Zachary — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:43:12 +0000

Weight Loss Tips: Breastfeed Your Baby! What is the similarity between a mother going to the gym and a mother breastfeeding her baby? Both can burn 500 calories a day. Breastfeeding is a pretty cool way of losing weight, huh? Because of this, the New York State Department of Health has launched a public health …

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Qnexa Side Effects and Adverse Health Reactions

Helen Zachary — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 11:18:25 +0000

Qnexa Side Effects and Adverse Health Reactions. An anti-obesity drug, now under consideration by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, may be an effective cure for those who need it. The drug (proposed trade name: Qnexa) is “efficacious for weight loss” according to FDA reviewers but the same reviewers also raised safety concerns about the …

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