The half ton mum: Tragic story of world's heaviest woman
Daily Mail - UK
Renee Williams became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this year after ballooning to nearly seventy stone – but died 12 days ...
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Despite risks, gastric-bypass surgeries soar
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL, USA
But refinements have led to the most-common weight-loss surgery in America today: the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, or gastric bypass for short.See all stories on this topic

THE HALF-TON MUM
Sunday Mirror - UK
Renee - known as the Half-Ton Mum - weighed nearly 70 stone and became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery. The operating table had to be ...
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Morbid Obesity, Bariatric Surgery and The Post Christmas Blues
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Julianne Kennedy takes a stand against these unwanted feelings in her report, titled "Weight Loss Surgery, The Age of Consumer Diligence & How It Effects ...
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Quality of bariatric surgery varies among hospitals
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Using data from 2003 to 2005, HealthGrades calculated the expected rate of complications at nearly 500 US hospitals nationwide that offer bariatric surgery. ...
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I always thought I could just unzip that person and there would ...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Mirande, 46, dips her oars in the Wekiva River regularly to help maintain the 150-pound body that gastric-bypass surgery eventually brought her. ...
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I can diet and lose weight. . . . But I didn't want to do that ...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Before choosing the band, Short thought about getting gastric-bypass surgery. But he considered the operation too risky. He likes the fact that the belt can ...
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