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Article: Gastric bypass becomes increasingly popular for obese in Southwest Virginia.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2004
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Byline: Deirdre Conner
Aug. 8--Together, they have lost more than 150 pounds.
For one Roanoke woman, a surgery meant to free her from a life of pain caused by obesity has merely swapped one misery for another. Another woman who had the same procedure is shedding pounds, and, she said, gaining her life back.
Both underwent gastric bypass, a radical, controversial stomach operation whose safety and effectiveness are coming under closer scrutiny.
In Southwest Virginia and across the nation, the number of procedures performed more than tripled in the last five years as gastric bypass gains acceptance as a treatment for morbid obesity.
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