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From General Surgery News (free registration required for login): Babies born to mothers who have had bariatric surgery are strikingly healthier at birth and throughout childhood than siblings who were born before their mother’s surgery, according to results from a large new study from Quebec. Even as they grow, children mirror their mother’s metabolic health [...]

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From Medscape Medical News: Specific conclusions and clinical recommendations based on limited or inconsistent scientific evidence (level B) are as follows: • Because pregnancy rates after bariatric surgery in adolescents are twice that in the general adolescent population, contraceptive counseling is especially important in these patients. • Administration of hormonal contraception by nonoral routes should [...]

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