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Agency says Moses Lake doctor botched plastic surgery
Moses Lake :: WA :: USA | 5 days ago
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The state agency that licenses doctors has accused a Moses Lake cosmetic surgeon of unprofessional conduct for performing breast reduction and liposuction on a 15-year-old girl. Dr. Thomas Laney was practicing in Seattle in 2005 when he did the surgery,...
Tags: Dr. Laney, Dr. Thomas Laney, Steven Fitzer, Medical Quality Assurance Commission, Dental Quality Assurance Commission, cosmetic surgery, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Moses Lake, Health Medical Pharma, Obesity, Plastic surgery, Surgical specialties, Surgery, Breast, Liposuction, Medical ultrasound, Law Crime, Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Weight loss reduces obese men's sleeping problems
Osa :: Russia | 5 days ago
Credibility Moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnoea (defined as 15 or more apnoeas per hour) carries an excess risk of motor vehicle crashes, heart disease and death. Yet only one study has examined the effects of weight loss on obstructive sleep apnoea. Now,...
Tags: sleeping apnoea, obstructive sleeping, Russia, Osa, Health Medical Pharma, Obesity, Positive airway pressure, Hypopnea, Sleep disorders, Sleep apnea, Sleep, Hospitality Recreation, Obstructive sleep apnea, Childhood obesity
Decrease in smoking extends life span, but obesity may curb gains
Cambridge :: IL :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Although fewer people are smoking -- and therefore less likely to die from cigarette-related causes -- the obesity epidemic may negate any gains in life span, according to a new study...But the increase in obesity rates during the same period will reduce...
Tags: life expectancy, life span, S. Jay Olshansky, Susan T. Stewart, Cambridge, Health Medical Pharma, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity, Metabolic disorders, Social Issues, Hospitality Recreation, Overweight, Childhood obesity, Body shape, Nutrition, Bariatrics
Medsafe 'aware of risks' with weight-loss drug (NZPA)
Wellington :: New Zealand | 6 days ago
Credibility New Zealand medicines regulator Medsafe says it is aware of international concerns about weight-loss drug Reductil and is reviewing the risks. Group manager Stewart Jessamine said Medsafe would take into account study data referred to the United States...
Tags: Medsafe, loss drug, New Zealand, Wellington, Health Medical Pharma, Sibutramine, Phenethylamines, Obesity, Stimulants, Anti-obesity medication, Heart failure, Aging-associated diseases, Cardiovascular diseases
Every Healthy Action Bound to Backfire [Trendwatch]
New York :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility So we lipo-sucked all the fat out and put it in our breasts, where it could do some good. Then we got sex-harassed at the gym! Might As Well Smoke: "About 40 years of health improvements from declining numbers of smokers may be undermined because too...
Tags: New York, Health Medical Pharma, Brassiere, Obesity, Smoking, Breast, Body shape, Nutrition, Human Interest
Consumer advocate asks FDA to ban weight loss pill
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility A consumer advocacy group is petitioning the government to ban the weight loss pill Meridia because a recent study suggests it increases risk of heart attack, stroke and death. A letter Thursday from Public Citizen calls on the Food and Drug Administration...
Tags: FDA, Meridia, weight loss, Public Citizen, loss pill, Seattle, Health Medical Pharma, Obesity, Abbott Laboratories, Social Issues, Food and Drug Administration, Tadalafil, Anti-obesity medication, Eli Lilly and Company
Fruit fly uses same mechanisms as humans to regulate cholesterol, fat
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 6 days ago
Credibility But we can learn a lot by studying metabolic control in fruit flies and apply what we learn to humans," said Carl S. Thummel, professor of human genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine and senior author on the two studies. High cholesterol...
Tags: regulate cholesterol, fruit fly, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity, The China Study, Lipid hypothesis, Lipid, Cholesterol, Hypercholesterolemia, Nutrition
2.8M Bulgarians overweight
Sofia :: Bulgaria | 6 days ago
Credibility Men are more obese then women, with 56.7 per cent of the male population against 43 per cent of the female population being classified as obese, NSI said. The average Bulgarian male was said to be 175cm tall and 79kg, while the average woman was 163cm...
Tags: Bulgaria, Sofia, Health Medical Pharma, Alcohol, Obesity, Alcoholism, Business Finance, Hospitality Recreation, Drug addiction, Nutrition
Córdoba mother worried she may lost custody of her morbidly obese son
Humanes de Madrid :: Spain | 6 days ago
Credibility Doctors have yet to determine why the 14 year old has gained 40 kilos in the past year Following the news earlier this week that the ten year old morbidly obese boy from Galicia had been finally handed into the care of the Galicia government, another...
Tags: Córdoba City Hall, Galicia, morbidly obese, Spain, Humanes de Madrid, Health Medical Pharma, Cￃﾳrdoba Spain, Obesity, Ruthenia, Social Issues, Cￃﾳrdoba Province, Body shape, Nutrition
Body equipped to fight off fat
London :: United Kingdom | 6 days ago
Credibility Dr. Michael Schwartz, director of the Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence at the University of Washington. Recent studies suggest an overload of fat and nutrients is also dangerous at the cellular level, where it appears to trigger the inflammation...
Tags: Dr. Michael Schwartz, weight gain, status quo, Rudolph Leibel, leptin level, Marks, United Kingdom, London, Health Medical Pharma, Leptin, Obesity, Metabolic disorders, Hospitality Recreation, Appetite, Body shape, Nutrition, Peptide hormones
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