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New evidence indicates that suicide is dramatically more common in those who have undergone weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass than in the general population, up to double according to one study.
Nobody knows why bariatric surgery patients appear to be at higher risk for killing themselves. Some research shows a link between obesity and […]
Although gastric bypass and gastric lap band surgeries have proven effective weight loss tools for such celebrities as Star Jones, Randy Jackson, and Roseanne Barr, as well as a young girl with incredibly misguided parents, they may not be all they’re cracked up to be.
Two studies by a group of researchers at Washington Hospital Center […]
I just finished reading a really fun novel that touches on the topic of weight loss surgery, A Stitch in Time, by Allison Bottke. The main character, Dee Decker, loses 150 pounds in a year after having gastric bypass surgery.
It’s interesting that this is the second book I’ve read in the past month […]
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