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Blood Pressure Drugs INCREASED Death in Older women
Daniel Amen, MD
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Weight Loss Strategies
Broda Barnes, MD, PhD (thyroid expert)
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Doctor - William Wilson, MD
Cholesterol Myths
Doctor - Uffe Ravnskov, MD PhD
Doctor - Mary Enig, PhD
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Port, Sidney (UCLA statistician)
Blood sugar
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Taubes, Gary
Book - Why We Get Fat (by Gary Taubes)
Doctor - Joel Kauffman, PhD (author of Malignant Medical Myths)
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Weight Watchers
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Obesity, Causes of
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Doctor - Kimber Stanhope, PhD
Pu-erh Tea (Chinese Black Tea)
Skinny on Obesity video series

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Here is a summary of article I thought you might be interested in. Cost of weight loss surgery recouped in 2-4 years in lower medical costs; $500-$900 saved per month The cost of bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients, that is those with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more and a cost which ranged from approximately $17,000 to $26,000, was recouped in 2 to 4 years in reduced medical costs according to a new study. A year-and-a-half after surgery, those who underwent open surgery had medical savings of $500 per month. Slightly more than a year after surgery (13 months later), those who underwent laparoscopic surgery had medical savings of $900 per month. Here is the link to the entire article. http://fatnews.com/index.php/3426

Cost of weight loss surgery recouped in 2-4 years in lower medical costs; $500-$900 saved per month

The cost of bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients, that is those with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more and a cost which ranged from approximately $17,000 to $26,000, was recouped in 2 to 4 years in reduced medical costs according to a new study.

A year-and-a-half after surgery, those who underwent open surgery had medical savings of $500 per month.

Slightly more than a year after surgery (13 months later), those who underwent laparoscopic surgery had medical savings of $900 per month.

Posted by: Larry Hobbs on Sep 08, 2008 - 4:40 am

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