Gastric bypass surgery, a type of bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery), is a procedure that alters the process of digestion. Bariatric surgery is the only option today that effectively treats morbid obesity in people for whom more conservative measures such as diet, exercise, and medication have not been effective.
The thrill is gone: Blues legend B.B. King dead at 89. B.B. King, the legendary blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 89 years old. Attorney Brent Bryson told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. local time at his home, where he had been in hospice care.
The Streak. The Streak is a popular country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. It was released in March 1974 as the lead single to his album Boogity Boogity. The Streak capitalized on the then-popular craze of streaking. In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered The Streak on his album Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens. One of Stevens' most successful recordings, The Streak was his second number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, spending t