Upper GI Series

Asheville's Susan Reinhardt on her hypochondriac brother-in-law

29 Jan 2012

My sister’s first husband was a crotchety millionaire with fake hair worth more than a new Benz. Her second husband is the sweetest man you’ll ever meet, a schoolteacher and coach with a raging case of hypochondria.

Oscar-nominated film pushes sentiment over subtlety in unbelievable tearjerker

27 Jan 2012

Stephen Daldry 's awful, heavy-handed "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" earned a grand total of two Oscar nominations - but one of them is for Best Picture.

First Ever Endoluminal Bariatric Operation in South Asia is Performed in Chennai, India at Abscon 2012

25 Jan 2012

On January 22, 2012, at the 3rd Annual Apollo Bariatric Surgery Conference (ABSCON 2012) in Chennai, India, the first ever incision-free endoluminal bariatric surgery procedure was performed in South Asia. Incidentally, this is the first ever known endoluminal revision of a prior sleeve gastrectomy performed to their knowledge in the world. The operation was performed by New York bariatric ...