Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Teens' Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Diabetes

Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 21:14 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.

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