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Expert testimony about malnutrition in bariatric surgery patients overcame defense assertions that plaintiff's symptoms were related to an eating disorder triggered by "buyers remorse" for the gastric ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass are two types of weight loss surgery. They are effective ...

Following surgery, there were 1,651 adverse events (6.0, 4.6, and 5.7 per year after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy, respectively).

Discover a study that showed that bariatric surgery increased survival in patients with cirrhosis compared to lifestyle ...

A proximal duodeno-jejunostomy with sleeve gastrectomy (DJOS) was conducted as an alternative to RYGB in 7 selected patients eligible for bariatric surgery with a body mass index (BMI) range from ...

Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United States — but the radiation from that process can raise the ...

From September 26, 2005 to May 28, 2009, 100 patients (sex ratio, females: males = 59:41 [1.4:1]) with a mean age of 43.6 years (range, 22–64) and a preoperative BMI of 52.3 kg/mm 2 (range, 36 ...

Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Thursday’s rally in Hartford was organized by three main organizations — Make the Road Connecticut, 32BJ SEIU and CT For All — that consist of various ...

Credit: Keith Phaneuf / CT Mirror Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. This story has been updated. State House Republicans proposed a $ ...

A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from ...