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| | Health News: Lifeclinic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | This procedure calls for surgeons to place a band-like device around the stomach, dividing the stomach into two smaller compartments. |
 | | The National Institutes of Health can tell you more about weight-loss surgery. |
 | | SOURCES: George S. Ferzli, M.D., department of surgery, The State University of New York, Health Science Center of Brooklyn; Philip R. Schauer, M.D., president, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, and director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; July 2006 Archives of Surgery |
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