Stitched up? Why the risks of offshore weight loss surgery are troubling NZ doctors
NZ doctors are finding themselves caring for patients who require medical help following gastric bypass and gastric sleeve…
Juan Pedro Franco, once world’s most obese man at 590kg, dies at 41
The Daily Mail reported that Franco later underwent a series of life-changing weight-loss surgeries and embarked on a…
Stone Roses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield cause of death confirmed, funeral to take place Monday
Mounfield’s death was announced via social media by his brother Greg Mounfield. “It is with the heaviest of…
Australian mother Chloe Mowday in induced coma after Vietnam cosmetic surgery complications
“Her body had shut down all her organs,” he said. “The wonderful doctors have brought her back though…
Maternity swab left inside woman after birth; HDC ‘highly critical’ of Health NZ mistake
Six weeks later, it was found by the GP, who removed what smelled “like a dead body”. Findings…
Health NZ urges caution as more Kiwis suffer complications from overseas surgery
Watson travelled from her Feilding home to the Medicana International Clinic in Istanbul for the same surgery in…
Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs should be first option obesity treatments, European doctors say
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk’s and Eli Lilly’s blockbuster weight-loss drugs should be the first medicines doctors…
Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs should be first option obesity treatments, European doctors say
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk’s and Eli Lilly’s blockbuster weight-loss drugs should be the first medicines doctors…