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Health news: Weight-loss surgery in an hour, gas cure for athlete’s - Daily Mail
Obese patients could be treated by weight-loss surgery that takes just an hour - and leaves no scars. The usual method of reducing the size of the stomach - to cut food intake and encourage weight-loss - is to perform ‘open’ surgery on the abdomen

Weight-loss surgery may improve IVF outcomes - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Preliminary findings from patients who underwent obesity surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, at Washington University in St. Louis, indicate that this procedure used to induce weight loss may improve the ability of

Dietitians complain about TV weight-loss series - Scoop
TV3’s weight-loss series, Downsize Me ended recently amid controversy over the accuracy of some of the nutritional information, and the approach taken by the presenters in promoting the weight loss. The New Zealand Dietetic Association, who recently

Medicare Wants Limits for Weight Loss Surgery - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Medicare, the U.S. government’s largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously overweight, saying there is not enough evidence to show it

Beware of malnutrition, if you are going in for body contouring - Thaindian.com
Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) Beware of malnutrition if you are going in for a body contouring procedure following weight loss surgery.Proper nutrition cuts down surgical complications, accelerates wound healing, improves scar quality and boosts your

First Edition Cycling News - Cycling News
A week of rain combined with a devious course design translated into a classic cyclo-cross mud bath at the third round of the Superprestige in Gavere, Belgium on Sunday. No artificial barriers were necessary as the numerous muddy climbs and

Today’s calendar - Daily News Journal
“Wizard of Oz” auditions: noon to 5 p.m., Murfreesboro/Rutherford County Center for the Arts, 110 W. College St., Murfreesboro. Have a song from the show for your audition and wear dance-type clothes. Be prepared to do cold readings. Newcomers of

Dick Adam joins the fat fight - News.com.au
LARGER-than-life MP Dick Adams has revealed he’s had lap band surgery - and he wants taxpayers to help others have the operation. The federal Labor backbencher says he’s shed at least 20kg since having the weight-loss procedure in April. “You get to

Blessings, screenings on tap for St. Francis clinics, Nov. 19 - Indianapolis Star
The public is invited to a blessing, open house and screenings for three St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers medical offices, Nov. 19. The events will mark the grand opening of the new location for the Franciscan Center for Integrative Health, the

Fat? Dieting won’t help! - Times of India
Dieting is dated. Surgery is perhaps the only way to treat obesity permanently, scientists now say. The question with obesity is not losing weight, but maintaining theweight loss for a healthier life. Studies are showing that the human body

Urgent need to act on diabetes, say experts - Scoop
Next week is National Diabetes Awareness Week 2008 (18 to 24 November). Diabetes is a serious health issue in New Zealand with those at greatest risk including obese people, those over 40, people who do little exercise and people with a family

Blessings, screenings on tap for St. Francis clinics, Nov. 19 - Indianapolis Star
The public is invited to a blessing, open house and screenings for three St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers medical offices, Nov. 19. The events will mark the grand opening of the new location for the Franciscan Center for Integrative Health, the