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Get Gastric Bypass Surgery Now, Have Deformed, Brain-Damaged Babies Later

by Tom Henderson, Posted Oct 4th 2010 12:06PM

The long-term risks of gastric bypass surgery are largely unknown. Credit: Angelo Cavalli/Getty Images
Gastric bypass surgery may help teenage girls squeeze into their prom dresses -- if they don't mind having deformed and brain-damaged children ...Exercise more and eat less? What teen wants to do that? But a new report shows girls who go under the knife risk losing the ability to absorb enough of a vitamin needed to have healthy babies.
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Non-Approved Weight Loss Surgery Gaining Among Adolescents

by Monique El-Faizy, Posted Sep 20th 2010 12:01AM

When it comes to weight loss, more adolescents are opting for the surgical solution. Credit: Getty Images
Bariatric surgery -- surgery that reduces the size of the stomach -- has gone mainstream. Billboards scream its benefits. Celebrities such ...Increasingly, kids are opting for surgery -- though not without controversy.
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Man undergoes gastric bypass in order to adopt child

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 26th 2007 9:01AM

When a Missouri judge prevented Gary and Cindy Stocklaufer from adopting a child they had been caring for since birth, it appeared that weight was the issue. Specifically, Gary 's 558 pounds. The judge ruled that 4-month-old Max, who is related to ...
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Gastric band for teenagers could soon get approval

by Unknown, Posted Feb 7th 2007 7:29AM

Currently, if a teenager wants to receive gastric banding (or the lap band) in order to lose weight, she'll have to go one of the few hospitals in the country that offer the procedure. The Food and Drug Administration has allowed three US hospitals ...
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