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Gastric surgery is only cure for obesity
14/03/2009 – 15:52 | No Comment
Gastric surgery is only cure for obesity

The use of gastric surgery to treat obesity and its medical complications should be greatly expanded, the BA Festival of Science in Liverpool heard on Monday.
Clinical researchers told the meeting, organised by the British Association …

Top surgeon to sue over ‘rationing’ of weight loss surgery
14/03/2009 – 15:38 | One Comment
Top surgeon to sue over ‘rationing’ of weight loss surgery

One of Britain’s top surgeons is considering taking legal action over the “rationing” of life saving obesity surgery on the NHS. 
Professor John Baxter said that the health service was putting patients lives at risk by …