Gastric bypass in the news

updated: 5/22/2013

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•  Hey, Feds, Weight a Minute... Should Medicare pay for gastric bypass? by Sandy Szwarc, RN, BSN
• "I killed Coyote Joe" (gastric bypass patient suffers repercussions)
• Gastric bypass risks by Carolyn Cosmos
• Stomach Stapling: the Good the Bad The Ugly
• Comment on Al Roker
• Carnie Wilson gets a lap band over her bypass to stop weight gain
• Fresno Bee Investigation
• Dying to be thin - from AZ Republic - transcript of RNY patients with problems
• SELF Magazine: "The Weight Loss Miracle which isn't" - Several patients who needed reversal because of repercussions are interviewed.
• Jama Surgery - 2013 study found WLS does not decrease long term health care costs
• Study in 2012 - sounds positive but picture changes in a close look