Lap band weight loss surgery reduces teens' risk factors for heart disease, diabetes
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 13:35
in Health & Medicine
In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome, a new study found. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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