Bariatric surgery predictions for 2010 are out from the editors at the Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery.  Among the top ten trends they foresee are a rise in bariatric surgeries, with more diabetic and teenage patients going under the knife despite the shaky economy. Read the full story

Lap-Band surgery is not the type of procedure one might expect to be covered by worker’s compensation. But, an Indiana pizza shop is being forced to pay for a worker’s weight loss surgery in addition to his back surgery after he was injured on the job. The ruling raises the question of whether companies will start to shy away from hiring obese employees. Read the full story