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Trend: Patients going to Mexico to get bariatric surgery

Frustrated by limits imposed by U.S. health plans--which typically require patients to have a BMI of 40--patients are increasingly going to Mexico to get bariatric surgeries done. They're doing this... Read more...

MI data suggests weight-loss surgery getting safer

At least in Michigan, it appears that bariatric surgery may be getting safer. This, at least, is the conclusion suggested by first year of data collected from a registry there, maintained by a... Read more...

Trend: Hospitals spending to care for obese

Here's another story bringing home an issue which we've covered in the past here in FierceHealthcare. With growing... Read more...