New surgery tests as good as bariatric
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
BALTIMORE, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say a new minimally invasive surgical procedure tested in pigs has yielded results as good as those from bariatric surgery for obesity.
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