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	<title>Lap-Band Surgery at False Creek Healthcare Centre, Vancouver B.C.</title>
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		<title>Vancouver Lap-Band Support Group – May 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next support group will be held on May 4th 2011 at False Creek Healthcare Centre. Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: 3rd floor &#8211; 555 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver In Attendance: Rhonda Winter (Registered Nurse, Lap-Band Coordinator) Dr. Katherine Hsu (Bariatric Surgeon) Dr. Corey Ming (Bariatric Surgeon) Vicky Bovee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Lap-Band Support Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 23rd we held our first Lap-Band Support Group. Ten patients from our Vancouver Lap-Band program attended to discuss their experience, share tips, and to mingle with our bariatric surgeons, nutritionist, and nurse. Here were some of the topics that were covered: Lap Band fills and the optimum amount for healthy weight loss. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap-Band Patient Support Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, We will be holding our very first Patient Support Group on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011. The first meeting is for patients of False Creek Healthcare Centre. The Support Group will be made available for guests and those thinking about having Lap-Band or Gastric Band surgery at a future date. The meeting will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falsecreeklapband.com/2011/02/lap-band-patient-support-group/</link>
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		<title>The Personal Cost of Obesity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Health Affairs journal, per person health care spending for obese adults in 2002 was 56 percent higher than those of normal-weight. The average difference in yearly private healthcare costs between the two groups was $1,244 per person. A second study, published in Economics and Human Biology, showed that losing or gaining weight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap-Band Success Story: Tracy W.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we received this email from one of our Lap-Band patients from Vancouver. Hoping that she can inspire others to improve their health, Tracy has given us permission to share her success story. (Thank you Tracy!) Hi Rhonda, I received your email requesting updated info about my progress. I had the surgery on April 14th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falsecreeklapband.com/2010/09/lap-band-success-story-tracy-w/</link>
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		<title>The Lap-Band Saved my Life – Maples Surgical Patient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Glenn Ferguson, a patient from our Winnipeg Lap-Band program, believes the Lap-Band saved his life. Glenn Ferguson has shed 119 pounds in the past 12 months, thanks to a medical procedure he says should be covered by Manitoba Health. &#8220;It saved my life,&#8221; the Winnipeg letter carrier said Thursday, referring to Lap-Band weight loss stomach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falsecreeklapband.com/2010/09/the-lap-band-saved-my-life-maples-surgical-patient/</link>
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		<title>Lap Banding books you like!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in the process of updating the information books recommended.  If you have read a book that you think is helpful, let us know!!  Does not have to be just Lap Band related. We want to pass along useful information!! Hope everyone is having a great summer!! Rhonda]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falsecreeklapband.com/2010/08/lap-banding-books-you-like/</link>
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		<title>False Creek Lap Band Support Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We will be starting our own support group here very soon.  Just waiting to hear back from all my patients already banded to set up some dates &#38; times. Once underway, we will invite everyone to join us for sure!!  Our team is committed to the success of gastric banding and wishes for everyone to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falsecreeklapband.com/2010/07/false-creek-lap-band-support-group/</link>
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		<title>Obesity Compounds Pain in Fibromyalgia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found on Dr. Arya M. Sharma&#8217;s site: Dr. Sharma is our Canadian expert on obesity and management of obesity.  Here is the link to an article of his from June 16th, 2010 : http://www.drsharma.ca/obesity-compounds-pain-in-fibromyalgia.html Rhonda]]></description>
		<link>http://www.falsecreeklapband.com/2010/06/obesity-compounds-pain-in-fibromyalgia/</link>
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		<title>Found this to help keep track of Lap Band Adjustments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4184025/Band-Adjustment-Tracker-Now-Released/ Rhonda]]></description>
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