Gastric Banding

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bandsurgery.com/

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
health/nutrit/pubs/
gastsurg.htm

Child and Family Canada

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/docs/unknown/
00001332.htm

Program 19, February 12, 2002

Gastric Banding

There's obese....and then there's morbidly obese: people who are at least twice their healthy body weight. And this extra fat does put their health at risk -- they're more apt to have diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure, just to name a few. We look at a new surgery that will help these people lose weight, but still adds up to an extreme measure.

Morning After Pill

No method of birth control is perfect: condoms break. Pills are forgotten. The College of Obstetricians and Gynocologists wants women to have easy access to something known as "the morning-after pill". The College says it should be available without a prescription. We talk to Dr. Sheila Dunn, medical director of Toronto's Bay Centre for Birth Control.

Medicine 101

The next time you toss out a moldy loaf of bread, think of Alexander Fleming. He put his mould to good use. Here's Dr. Paul Caldwell to explain.

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