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Obesity and technology: Can the stomach be fooled?
Reuters UK - MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The company that invented the heart pacemaker is employing the same technology to trick obese patients into thinking their stomachs are full. And Medtronic Inc., the world’s biggest maker of medical devices, is not the only

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Bucks County Courier Times - Our special Nursing section is a place where nurses will find practical advice, learn the latest nursing trends, and discover strategies that will enable them to become a better employee. Shop here for nursing gifts and essentials. A sample nurse

Obesity risk for cancer
Calcutta Telegraph - The expanding cancer watchlist now includes people suffering from obesity. According to doctors, there has been a 20 per cent increase in obesity-induced cancer in the city over the past few years. Breast, ovarian and uterine cancer among women and

American Gastric Bypass Surgery Spreads To Other Countries
13WHAM-TV, NY - Apr 19, 2006… is spreading to other countries and US doctors are helping their foreign colleagues in the fight by teaching the latest techniques in gastric bypass surgery. …

Half His Size!
Teen People Magazine - Apr 6, 2006… Once sober, he focused on his weight, and in 2003, he decided to undergo gastric-bypass surgery, in which doctors shrink your stomach size so you can consume …

Ask your doctor
Mail Tribune, OR - Apr 24, 2006… independent practice association. How safe and successful is gastric bypass surgery? What about lap band surgery? Obesity is one …

Cutting weight without the knife
University at Buffalo The Spectrum, NY - Apr 23, 2006… tract. Overweight individuals who have considered surgery like gastric bypass have already failed at many attempts to dieting. In …

Coffeeville shocked by charges against teacher
Mobile Register, AL - Apr 14, 2006… A diabetic herself, Rutherford struggled with her weight until gastric bypass surgery helped her slim her down dramatically three years ago, they said. …

After losing the weight, patients want to shed skin
Seattle Times, United States - Mar 26, 2006… Six feet tall, Gretencord weighed 350 pounds on the day, in October 2004, she opted to shrink her stomach to the size of a thumb with a surgical gastric bypass …

Gastric Bypass Patients Urged To Take Vitamins
Boston Channel.com,  USA - Apr 5, 2006… Americans are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the number of people turning to gastric bypass surgery is …

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WLOX - Millions of dollars in federal grant money could be a shot in the arm for healthcare facilities trying to rebuild what Katrina destroyed. The “Social Services Block Grant” is open to private non-profit agencies who offer health, mental health

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CBS News - A SPY SPEAKS OUT A CIA official who had a top role during the run-up to the Iraqi war charges the White House with ignoring intelligence that said there were no weapons of mass destruction or an active nuclear program in Iraq. Ed Bradley reports

Obesity alters Valley hospitals
Fresno Bee - The supersizing of America is reshaping the hospital bedside and none too soon for thousands of patients who are obese. Extra-wide wheelchairs, heavy-duty walkers, beds built to hold someone weighing 500-plus pounds, extra-large operating tables

Standing Tall
Fresno Bee - “Everybody asks me if I have regrets,” he says into the darkness. “I don’t.” It is 4:09 a.m. Johnny Hines eases his white Freightliner into the left lane and begins to pass a semitrailer pulling a flatbed trailer. In the moonlight, you can see the

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Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Aberdeen Family Y Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: Weight Watchers, 10 a.m., Super City Mall, 2201 Sixth Ave S.E. Aberdeen: Walk for Health, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Washington Street

The “BIG” picture with weight problems
Podcasting News - The Donate Your Weight show isn’t just about weight loss, it’s about taking back power of your body and your life. In this show, Sheri Zampelli, talks about Robyn McGee’s book: Hungry for More. The author’s sister died at age 49 of complications