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No Luck for Overweight Irish Air Travelers United Airlines’ decision last month to charge overweight passengers more for a share of the Friendly Skies caused sighs of relief from some-- and cries of...

Genetically Identical Cells Can Respond Differently Scientists may be a step closer to knowing why cells within the same body often seem to be at odds with each other. For example, take any two...

Food Cravings May Be Gender-Based A new study from B-N-L recently found that women may be less able to suppress their hunger than men. Researchers interviewed a group of men and women about their...

Greetings! In the May 1, 2009 edition of WLS News, learn why women may experience stronger food cravings than men, find out why some cells store fat and others don't, and get the full story...

In the May 1, 2009 edition of WLS News, learn how obesity is affecting Britain's socialized medicine system and what an Irish airline is doing to address passengers whose laps overlap their seats. Also,...

Teen Pregnancy Boosts Girls’ Risk of Getting Fat Finally, in our last story, teenage pregnancy is a bad idea for young and unmarried women for a number of reasons. Now, a new study shows that...

Sweet Tax Could Curb Obesity Trend Remember that old Beatles song “Taxman”? The one where they sing about the government taxing your seat and taxing your feet? Well, the taxman’s back, and...

Bariatric Surgeon, Hospital Hit with Class?Action Suit In our next story, Dr. Jacobo Joffe, a prominent Canadian weight-loss surgeon who last year lost his license for sexually abusing several...