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Lately, there's been more and more in the news about the success of the LAP-BAND®
System. Read some of the recent articles below.

Study: Gastric band works better than 500-calorie diet
by Nanci Hellmich / USA Today
May 2, 2006

Adjustable gastric banding is much more effective long-term than a very low-calorie
diet for people who are about 50 pounds overweight, a study shows. Medical guidelines
support this surgical procedure -- which puts a band around the top of stomach to create
a feeling of fullness -- in patients who are extremely obese, about 100 or more pounds
over a healthy weight, or those who are almost as overweight and have serious medical conditions, such as type 2 diabetes.

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Hospital advances obesity care - Treatment center opens in Rochester
by Christina Stolarz / The Detroit News
06/23/2004

Douglas Kuligowski is proud to say he's a volunteer firefighter. He's put out house fires
and led families safely out of flooded homes in Utica. But the most challenging part of
the job is getting into the heavy uniform, because he's about 100 pounds overweight. 
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Living with the LAP-BAND®
by Joseph E. Chebli, M.D., Mary Ellen Sabatella RD, WLS Lifestyles
Spring 2004

Living with the LAP-BAND presents unique lifestyle adjustments and challenges. We will
provide an overview of the dietary guidelines, role of exercise, adjustment schedule and
potential complications.
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New surgery puts squeeze on stomach -- and weight
by Julie Davidow, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter
04/22/2004

Nickey Roderick can measure her weight loss in large numbers and awed friends and
relatives. She can tell you she's lost 110 pounds in little over a year, that her family
refers to her as "the incredible shrinking lady" and that her knees and back no longer
ache when she walks.
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Why the LAP-BAND has not hit the mainstream
by Joseph E. Chebli, M.D., WLS Lifestyles
Winter 2004

There are currently many options available to patients considering bariatric surgery.
The operations can be classified into restrictive operations, malabsorptive operations
and combinations restrictive/malabsorptive operations. Restrictive operations are
operations that involve creation of a small gastric pouch.
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He's got his life back
by David Kiley, USA Today
07/15/2003

I turned 40 on Friday, and stand 156 pounds lighter than 22 months ago when I set out
to celebrate my birthday but weighing 230 pounds - my high school graduation weight.
I missed my goal, but still had a decent slice of chocolate cake to celebrate my healthiest
birthday in 15 years.  
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Bound to beat hunger
By Chase Squires, Times Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times
08/11/2003

On a Wednesday afternoon, a meeting room at Pasco Regional Medical Center is full of overweight people. There's a thin guy at the front of the room exposing some of the blunt
truths about being dangerously overweight. Very overweight people tie their shoes off to
the side – or even opt for sandals and Velcro – because they have difficulty bending over,
he says.  
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Extreme Measures, Fighting the Obesity Epidemic   (partial reprint)
By Maria Montoya, Staff Writer/The Times-Picayune
04/07/2003

At home on a Sunday evening, William "Gregg" Steverson sits on his maroon recliner contemplating his own girth. His slender, red-haired wife, Audra, wanders around the house cleaning and chatting with him as he flips mindlessly through the TV channels. She deserves more, he says, and he wishes he had the energy to get dressed up and take her dancing, or even go for a walk down by the levee. Instead, they'll spend another quiet weekend in here in their Belle Chasse home.
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Gastric band a hit with rock singer
by In-Sung Yoo, USA TODAY
08/13/2002

Call it a case of video killing the overweight star. For Ann Wilson of the rock band Heart, it seemed her own figure would forever overshadow the sales figures. The hit singles and platinum records didn't matter. It was the age of MTV, where the visual appeal of a band was quickly becoming every bit as important as the music. Wilson frequently found herself draped from head to toe in black. At times, she was simply thrust behind Nancy, the skinnier of the
two sisters, who was also in the band.
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Band constricts the cravings, weight
by David Kiley, USA TODAY
05/09/2002

ANN ARBOR, Mich.- Seven months after my weight loss surgery, and I am down 75 pounds. That's exactly the rate I was hoping for. On Sept. 26, I had surgery at the Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga., to implant the Adjustable Gastric Band to help me lose the 200 pounds
I want off my frame by July 11, 2003. That's my 40th birthday, and I plan to weigh about
what I did when I was 18.
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