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Bariatric Allied Health Interview: Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN

| March 25, 2007 | 3 Comments

  Bariatric sensitivity is a very important part of patient care. What do you emphasize with your staff as the most important aspects of being sensitive to these patients?

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Psychosocial Needs of the Bariatric Patient: Expanding the Role of Mental Health Professionals

| March 25, 2007 | 0 Comments

by Andrea Bauchowitz, PhD, and Linda Gonder-Frederick, PhD Behavioral Medicine Center, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

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March 2007 Letter to the Editor

| March 25, 2007 | 0 Comments

Bariatric Times • March 2007 Letter to the Editor Dear Bariatric Times Editor: The face of bariatric surgery has changed considerably over the past 10 years. Interest in weight loss surgery is at an all time high, the procedures have never been safer, our collective understanding of the short- and long-term health benefits have never […]

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They Didn’t Staple My Brain

| March 2, 2007 | 1 Comment

by Janine V. Kyrillos , MD Dr. Kyrillos is a physician with Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Internal Medicine Associates, Philadelphia, PA.

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Alcohol and the Gastric Bypass Patient

| October 22, 2006 | 0 Comments

by Cynthia K. Buffington, PhD

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