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Could nerve-snipping spur weight loss?

WASHINGTON (AP) An old ulcer operation is getting new attention as a possible alternative obesity surgery: a quick snip of a nerve that helps control hunger.
It’s far from clear if cutting the vagus nerve really helps Д initial pilot studies in a few dozen patients have just begun. Skeptics abound, and even proponents […]

Size zero epidemic as hospitals face huge rise in patients with eating disorders

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The number of patients needing hospital treatment for eating disorders has soared, it has emerged.
The findings are sure to renew concerns […]

Sex and the seniors: Survey shows many elderly people remain frisky

MILWAUKEE: An unprecedented study of sex and seniors in the United States finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky - willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush.
That may be too much information for some folks.
But it comes from the most comprehensive sex survey ever done […]

‘Prostate risk’ in having a family, according to new study

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Having children puts men at a greater risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a study.
Analysis of the health records of […]

Study: Signs of autism show earlier in some children

Children with autism can be identified as early as 14 months old, the youngest age at which the disorder has been diagnosed, a study by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore suggests.
But about half the time, symptoms may not show up until months later. That suggests at least two distinct paths leading […]