Liposuction 'no excuse to binge'
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Liposuction may sound an easy way to lose weight but scientists warn a healthy diet is needed to keep it off.
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Dr. Robert Ersek, a 66-year-old plastic surgeon, invited reporters to his Texas operating room recently and, in front of their cameras, proceeded to liposuction himself. After numbing the skin near his navel, he slipped in a hollow tube about a quarter-inch wide and moved it back and forth until it had sucked out about half a pound of fat. Ersek's office throws away tons of liposuctioned fat every year. But he shipped his own to a California company for processing and long-term storage of some of the cells from that fat.
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[Health India]: Sydney, Dec 14 : Forget torturous exercises and sweaty workouts, as popping a pill is the latest mantra for loosing weight.
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Weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for type 2 diabetes in obese people, a study to compare the approaches has found.
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Q I am a marathon runner and can't seem to consume more calories than I burn. I currently am a size zero and am worried that I am getting too thin. I do feel great and my doctor isn't worried about it.
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Women who are clinically obese don't need to diet to improve their health, say UK researchers.
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Gastric surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study. The researchers found that people who had surgery bypassing their large intestine were 23 per cent
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Operations to treat obesity such as  stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some  patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition,  doctors warned Thursday.
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Obese people who undergo weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass not only shed pounds, they can be cured of diabetes, high blood pressure, and a number of other illnesses commonly caused by obesity.
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years
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CHICAGO - Obesity surgery helps patients do more than shed weight - it often cures their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    The research - an analysis of 136 studies - found that such operations are more than cosmetic...
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NEW YORK  - In the midst of the rise of the  reality makeover show, recent statistics have shown that U.S.  teenagers are increasingly turning to adult cosmetic procedures  such as Botox injections and liposuction.
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HOUSTON - Two doctors and a hospital offered a free gastric bypass to a 420-pound teenager after another medical center canceled the procedure because his insurance would not pay for it.    Doctors at Obesity Surgery Specialists said 16-year-old Brandon Bennett needs the operation for a chance at a healthy life...
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Obese patients typically show poor sensitivity to the hormone insulin, a problem that can lead to diabetes. Previous reports have shown that weight loss surgery can improve this sensitivity and now, new research indicates that the type of surgery determines how fast this problem is fixed.
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NEW YORK  - Obese patients who undergo surgery for esophageal cancer with a procedure called transhiatal esophagectomy appear to fare just as well as their normal weight counterparts, according to study findings presented Tuesday at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting in San Diego.
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Keep up with the latest in Wired words. Make sure you don't socially advertise your passive obesity.
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If larger breasts, fuller lips and fewer wrinkles are on the Christmas wish list, cosmetic surgery gift vouchers could be the answer.