Wall Street Journal Article

I have beeen told that there are 2 articles in the wall street journal from 7/18 about WLS. I tried to read them online but you have to subscribe. I don't want to pay $79 to read 2 articles. Any ideas? Jodie

I think I have access to the WSJ though my college class. I'll go try to access this Mary

Jodie, A search of the WSJ website for "gastric bypass surgery" lists three articles on the 18th: 1.) Gastric Bypass May Have Edge Over Other Weight-Loss Surgery By Jennifer Corbett Dooren Word Count: 725 | Companies Featured in This Article: Allergan WASHINGTON -- Extremely obese patients undergoing weight-loss surgery may do better with a procedure that bypasses part of the intestine rather than undergoing a banding procedure that creates a small pouch in the stomach, according to a new study. Researchers at the State University of New York, Health Science Center of Brooklyn and Lutheran Medical Center, also in Brooklyn, N.Y., looked at two commonly performed types of bariatric surgery in 106 patients who underwent the procedures between February 2001 and June 2004. The study appears in the July edition of the Archives of Surgery. Sixty patients received a so-called Lap-Band ... That's all thats free from the webiste, but we have Archives of Surgery here at the library. The article is titled "Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass is Superior to Adjustable Gastric Band in Super Morbidly Obese Patients" and I can get you a copy of the article if you'd like. 2) "I Drank the Way I Ate" 3) The New Science of Addiciton I have no idea what articles 2 & 3 are about -- I couldn't find summaries of them. The Lexington County Public Library main branch, Richland County Public Library main branch, and Thomas Cooper Library at USC have current subscriptions, so you can read the articles and/or copy them there. Hope this helps! Lisa your friendly neighborhood librarian

Thank you!!!! This helps a lot! Hey, maybe we should try to schedule a support group meeting for another time? What do you think? Jodie

That's a good idea. Lisa