Thursday, June 4, 2009

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

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Many Overweight Kids Not Getting a Good Night's Sleep (HealthDay)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:49 PM PDT

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children with chubby bellies are more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing, a condition that's associated with behavioral problems, hyperactivity and difficulty staying awake at school, new research shows.

Making Obese Mice Slim, Without Diet or Exercise (HealthDay)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:49 PM PDT

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have come up with two new ways to control weight and blood sugar levels in obese mice -- without diet or exercise.

No scars: New obesity surgery goes through mouth (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:26 PM PDT

Liliana Gomez, an administrative coordinator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, poses in an examination room at the hospital Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Gomez was one of the first Americans to undergo scarless obesity surgery, an experimental procedure where doctors snake thick tubing down the throat of a sedated patient, from which they staple portions of the upper stomach from inside. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach. The experimental, scar-free procedure creates a narrow passage that slows the food as it moves from the upper stomach into the lower stomach, helping patients feel full more quickly and eat less.
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