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Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Parts of Steve Jobs’s stomach, pancreas, bile duct and small intestine may have been removed to stop the spread of cancer. If so, the surgery may be fueling the Apple Inc. chief executive officer’s weight loss.
Lucas County Commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint radio host Andrew Zepeda as its first "weight loss czar." Known as Andrew "Z" on his morning show on 92.5 WVKS, Mr. Zepeda is to encourage county residents to lose 1 million pounds in 2009. The 5-foot-9 Perrysburg resident has lost about 80 pounds in the past 12 months through diet, exercise, and a lap-band surgery procedure, and is down to ...
Courtney Mike-Wilson, of Clairton, did more than lose 136 pounds after undergoing gastric bypass surgery on Oct. 26, 2006 at the age of 18. She also got healthier.
The St. Mary Center of Surgical Treatment of Obesity is providing an educational seminar, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Weight-Loss Surgery," on Jan. 13 from 7 to 8 p.m.
NEW YORK – Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after weight loss surgery, according to a new study. "Sexual dysfunction should be considered one of the numerous potentially reversible complications of obesity," the study team concludes.
The removal of part of Steve Jobs' pancreas four years ago is the most likely cause of the type of hormonal problems Apple Inc.'s founder has blamed for his dramatic weight loss over the past year, according to medical experts. Jobs, who announced Monday he...
Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs ended speculation about his health problems, saying a hormone imbalance, not cancer, was causing his weight loss.Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent surgery, CNNMoney.com reported Monday. Recently, his weight loss has been visible to the public, causing concern the cancer had returned.In a letter made public Monday, Jobs said a ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study. All but one of the 11 extremely obese teens studied saw their diabetes disappear within a year after weight-loss surgery, the researchers reported.
Gyms are not the kind of places where Joel Grande feels comfortable. By his own estimate, Grande, 36 and a Stamford resident, has more than 200 pounds to lose.
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