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Study: Gastric bypass reduces death risk in the morbidly obese

Severely obese people who have weight-loss surgery are less likely to die from heart disease, diabetes and cancer seven to 10 years following the procedure than similarly heavy people who don’t have the operation, according to two studies in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine examined […]

Plastic beads work magic on wounds that refuse to heal

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Tiny plastic beads are being used to help chronic wounds heal.
The treatment has been shown to help heal wounds that have failed to respond to other treatments for as long as four years.
Chronic wounds […]

Poll: People doubt feds’ ability to handle disease outbreak

WASHINGTON The public has little faith the government is adequately screening visitors to the country or could cope with an outbreak of an infectious disease, according to an AP-Ipsos poll.
Only one in five surveyed said the government is doing enough to scrutinize people crossing the border into the U.S., the poll found. Just […]

Q & A: Weight Around the Waist

Q. If added weight in the midsection raises the risk of health problems like «health.nytimes.com» and heart trouble, does a «health.nytimes.com» or «health.nytimes.com» lower the risk?
A. The answer is no, because the risky «health.nytimes.com» is inside the abdominal wall, in and around the organs, said Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the comprehensive «health.nytimes.com» program […]

Ground-breaking dyslexia scheme to help 10,000 more pupils

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A successful new way to teach children with dyslexia is to be used in inner cities.
The scheme, named Springboard for Children, has had a 96 per cent success rate in returning children with severe literacy […]