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Bariatric surgeon Wade N. Barker, M.D. and his experienced staff are committed to helping patients take control of their health and improve their lives through weight loss. For obese patients who have been unable to reach a healthy weight through diet and exercise, we offer two highly effective weight loss surgery options: LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS surgery and LAP BAND® surgery.Both have helped innumerable men and women achievedramatic, long-term results[+more] Vision Correction Surgery Since 1987, noted cornea specialist William A. Boothe, M.D., has brought the world into focus with more than 82,000 LASIK laser vision correction procedures. Dr. Boothe also continues to be the busiest IntraLASIK surgeon in the world, having now performed over 44,000 IntraLASIK procedures.
Gilbert Arenas To Miss 3 Months After Knee Surgery
Washington Wizards leading scorer Gilbert Arenas underwent surgery on his left knee on Wednesday and will miss about three months. Arenas had been experiencing swelling and soreness in the knee which he had surgically repaired late last season. After sitting out the past two games, Arenas underwent an MRI Wednesday morning. He underwent the surgery later in the afternoon. Team officials say the surgery was a success and Arenas will begin rehabilitation soon. .
Cosmetic surgery ABCs
The post-cosmetic surgery death last week of Donda West, mother of hip-hop star Kanye West, raised serious questions about what prospective plastic surgery patients can do to give themselves the best chance of a successful outcome. We spoke with Dr. Michael McGuire of Santa Monica to find out. McGuire is secretary of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, is on the board of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and is chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. Where to begin? It's as simple as ABC, McGuire said. > A is for accredited surgery center. "It doesn't matter how good a surgeon is if the surgery center (where the procedure is being done) isn't safe and equipped," said McGuire. Check with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (www.aaahc.org), the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (www.aaaasf.org) and the Joint Commission (www.jointcommission.org).
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-11-12 15:42 GMT: Allergan, Covidien to market Lap-Band
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Allergan Inc., which makes Botox and sells surgical weight-loss devices, said Monday it will co-promote its Lap-Band product with health care products provider Covidien Ltd. The Lap-Band is an adjustable gastric band, a device surgically implanted around the stomach to help severely obese patients lose weight by forcibly limiting food intake. The procedure is an alternative to more invasive gastric bypass surgery, commonly known as stomach stapling. Under the multi-year agreement, which became effective Nov. 9, Covidien will co-promote Allergan's Lap-Band to bariatric and other surgeons in the United States. Pembroke, Bermuda-based Covidien makes medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Covidien's sales representatives will help educate and train surgeons on the Lap-Band procedure, which costs roughly $12,000 to $20,000.
Community almanac
WEEKLY BINGO Doors open at 5:30 p.m. every Monday at Congregational Agudath Sholom, 301 Strawberry Hill Ave. Early-birds start playing at 6:15 p.m.; the regular session starts at 7. Call 358-2200.
WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Meets every first and third Monday, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Tully Center, 62 Strawberry Hill Court, Conference Room A. Call Rinda at 972-7536.
SENIOR SERVICES Information, counseling, advocacy and assistance for Stamford seniors Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Senior Services of Stamford, 945 Summer St. Call 324-6584.
PATHWAYS TO LIFE Support group for Jewish people struggling with alcohol or drug addictions. Meets at 8:30 p.m. at Jewish Family Service, 733 Summer Street, 6th floor. Program is led by Rabbi Adam Miller.ÊCall Netta Stern at 921-4161, ext.
Brown feels heat as Libdems and Tories seek answer to West Lothian question
IT WAS always the unfinished business of devolution. Yesterday it returned to haunt Gordon Brown. First posed by Tam Dalyell 30 years ago, the West Lothian Question was left unanswered when Labour created the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Yesterday, the pressure on the Labour Prime Minister intensified as another senior politician demanded "English votes on English laws". Chris Huhne, a contender for the leadership of the Liberal Democrat Party, became the latest parliamentarian to join the increasing clamour for what many see as a rebalancing of the UK constitution. .
Mich. Medical Society Says Rate Drop Shows Tort Reform Law Working
A clear indication that Michigan's 1993 tort reforms are working is that the state's largest physician medical malpractice insurer is cutting its premiums by 12 to 25 percent for Wayne County physicians, the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) announced yesterday at a news conference in Detroit. The average decrease for all physicians in Wayne County will be 13 percent beginning January 1, according to American Physicians Assurance Corp., a medical liability insurer based in East Lansing that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the publicly held American Physicians Capital, Inc. (APCapital). Statewide, American Physicians' malpractice insurance rates will be reduced by an average of 6.5 percent in 2008. "Michigan's carefully designed tort reforms do not deny a truly injured patient from just compensation," said Sophie J.
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