Recently, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine found that the effects of the surgery may not be long-lasting.

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She underwent surgery in high school to have a cochlear implant, which partially restored her hearing and helped her to more effectively communicate her story.

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The saline solution in the neti pot both soothes and cleans the nose, said Dr. John DelGaudio, chief of rhinology and sinus surgery at Emory University School of Medicine.

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Surgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, have been performing bariatric surgery with good results since 1995, said Dr. Malcolm Robinson, an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, who practices at the hospital and wrote an editorial accompanying the study.

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