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Medicare Center of Excellence Policy may limit minority access to weight-loss surgery (09/16/13 08:00:00 UTC)

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care. This is according to a new research letter published online in the September 12 issue of JAMA which compares rates of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery for minority Medicare vs. non-Medicare patients before and after implementation of a Medicare coverage policy...

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Obesity combined with exposure to cigarette smoke may pose new health concerns (09/16/13 07:00:00 UTC)

Millions of people who are obese and smoke tobacco may face additional health problems - including their responses to common prescription medicines - that extend beyond the well-known links with cancer, heart attacks and stroke, according to a report presented here today...

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