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Mississippi Approves WLS In our next story, Mississippi has long suffered with high obesity rates among its citizens – by some counts the highest obesity rates in the nation.  Now, in an effort to...

Good Germs May Burn Belly Fat Single-celled organisms have no free will as we know it, and are therefore morally neutral. However, some of them by their nature cause us harm, while others do us good....

Allergies Linked to Obesity Obesity rates among young people are rising. So is the number of young people with asthma and allergies. Now, a new study of the largest nationally representative data set...

Weight Loss Surgery for the Non-Obese? Weight loss surgery is not just for the morbidly obese any more. That’s the conclusion of a research team from the University of Southampton in Britain. In...

2 Fat 2 Fly Part II Weight Loss Surgery News viewers will recall our story last week on Ryanair, the budget Irish airline that makes its bread ferrying Dubliners from the overcast Emerald Isle to...

Weight Loss Surgery Safer Than Ever A new study by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that shows that complications from adjustable gastric banding procedures and other types of...

New Gastric Band Debuts Lap-band fans, move over -- there’s a new kid on the block: the REALIZE™ Adjustable Gastric Band-C, the newest addition to the REALIZE portfolio. The latest offering...

Corn Syrup: Safe or Scary? High fructose corn syrup, or HFCS – a mixture of glucose and fructose – is in almost everything that we eat, from soda to salad dressing. Many people say it’s...