German soccer star Beckenbauer undergoes bypass surgeryGerman soccer great Franz Beckenbauer underwent open heart bypass surgery on Saturday in an operation scheduled long before Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him last week, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Monday. More… |
Curing diabetes via surgery, without weight lossCristina Iaboni had the dubious distinction of being not quite obese enough. For all the pounds on her 5'5' frame, she did not meet the criteria for bariatric surgery to help control her type-2 diabetes. Yet six years of medicatio More… |