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Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies (The Hendersonville Times-News) A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant. us.rd.yahoo.com
Weight-loss surgery helps with pregnancy: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Women who get pregnant after weight-loss surgery tend to be healthier and less likely to deliver a baby born with complications compared to obese women, researchers said on Tuesday. us.rd.yahoo.com
CMS Will Not Cover Weight-Loss Surgeries For Non-Obese Diabetes Patients (Medical News Today) CMS on Monday said that it will not cover weight-loss surgery for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who are not dangerously overweight because there is not ample evidence proving the procedure can improve their health, Reuters/Yahoo! News reports. Currently, Medicare and private insurers cover weight-loss surgeries, which range in cost from $15,000 to $35,000, for severely obese people. us.rd.yahoo.com
Some Pregnancy-Related Complications Minimized For Women Who Have Had Weight-Loss Surgery (Medical News Today) Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure-- complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby--than pregnant women who are obese, according t us.rd.yahoo.com
Hospital holds free weight-loss seminar (Statesville Record & Landmark) Lake Norman Regional Medical Center will hold a free educational seminar on surgical weight loss on Monday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. us.rd.yahoo.com
Health buzz | Get information on weight loss (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) SEMINARS Get information on weight loss Conway Medical Center is offering a series of weight loss surgery seminars. us.rd.yahoo.com
Weight loss surgery before pregnancy may benefit both mother and child (New Kerala) Washington, Nov 19 : A new study ha revealed that obese women who have weight loss surgery before becoming pregnant have a lower risk of pregnancy-related health problems and their children are less likely to be born with complications. us.rd.yahoo.com
Weight loss surgery may help obese women avoid pregnancy-related health complications (EurekAlert!) Obese women who have weight loss surgery before becoming pregnant have a lower risk of pregnancy-related health problems and their children are less likely to be born with complications, according to a new study. us.rd.yahoo.com
Anthony Alessi: Weight-loss ingredient can be detrimental (The Norwich Bulletin) What do actresses Joan Collins, Melanie Griffith and Beverly Johnson have in common with at least six NFL players? They all take the same weight-loss supplement. us.rd.yahoo.com
Medicare wants limits for weight loss surgery (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Medicare, the U.S. government's largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously overweight, saying there is not enough evidence to show it can improve their health. us.rd.yahoo.com
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