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...center, a similar study of the elderly population showed that seniors do not experience significantly more complications than young adults. In fact, only 13% of patients, age 65 and older, who had laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) - a surgical procedure that inserts a hollow band around the stomach to limit food intake - had complications. Even more compelling, nearly two-thirds of patients lost their excess weight and significantly improved their obesity-related conditions like diabetes. "No one questions whether we should offer knee or hip replacements to people over age 65," says David A. Provost, an associate professor...
...Peter Saxton, biography buyer at British bookseller Waterstone's, thinks there's a limit to the Diana publishing phenomenon. "I can?t see that there?s enough of a market for all 15 books to do spectacularly well," he says. Saxton does, however, think one book could break away from the pack - The Diana Chronicles, by Tina Brown, published in both the U.S. and the U.K. this month. Brown, the former editor of the Tatler, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, follows the princess as she goes from shy newlywed to "trapped bird in a cage" to a confident woman...
...test of credibility on education for Democrats. You must be willing to say to the unions, We're with you when it comes to building a floor-the highest possible minimum-wage standard for teachers-but we don't want you building ceilings on merit pay or walls to limit hiring, firing, where and how long teachers teach...
...Paducah, Kentucky - without, its chairman told TIME, any pressure at all to consider impact upon the federal treasury. "I don't think any of us are concerned with that," Ziemer says. "I don't even know how much money is available. We were never told to try to limit the numbers." He added, "There's a lot of tension in what I'd call the emotional aspects. But why didn't Congress fix this in the first place? We've tried to do this very diligently. We all struggle with our empathy for the workers and what we're charged...
...herbs for myself and my family, I found Dr. Sanjay Gupta's warnings of the dangers of herbs alarmist [June 4]. Instead of warning people about herbal remedies because they lack awareness of their usefulness, physicians would do better to educate themselves. Herbs are valuable for persons seeking to limit their consumption of dangerous pharmaceuticals. Conventional drugs hold many more risks, since they are powerful and cause significant and debilitating side effects. Consumers who take the time to research what they put into their bodies should not be discouraged from using herbs. Self-educate to self-medicate...