Although gastric bypass and gastric lap band surgeries have proven effective weight loss tools for such celebrities as Star Jones, Randy Jackson, and Roseanne Barr, as well as a young girl with incredibly misguided parents, they may not be all they’re cracked up to be.
Two studies by a group of researchers at Washington Hospital Center highlight potential postoperative nutritional deficiencies among patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery to treat obesity. Research presented at the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology by Dr. Frederick Finelli and Dr. Timothy Koch suggests that a potentially serious condition can emerge …read more

An article in today’s edition of the U.K.’s Daily Mail shares this statistic, one I found quite shocking:
The average British woman is twice as likely to have her womb removed as her tonsils. In the UK, almost 40,000 women undergo the operation each year…
And, apparently, Camilla, Duches of Cornwall, is the newest member of the hysterectomy club. (Other well-known women who’ve had hysterectomies include Eva Peron in 1951 and Roseanne Barr in 2003.)
Did you know those numbers were so high? I had no idea! I’ve met a few women in my life who had hysterectomies at various …read more