Among patients with morbid obesity, blocking the vagus nerve, which plays a role with appetite…
Month: September 2014
Change in type of procedure most commonly used for bariatric surgery
In an analysis of the type of bariatric surgery procedures used in Michigan in recent…
Increase seen in use of double mastectomy, although not associated with reduced death
Among women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in California, the percentage undergoing a double mastectomy…
Comparison of named diet programs finds little difference in weight loss outcomes
In an analysis of data from nearly 50 trials including about 7,300 individuals, significant weight…
Cool calculations for cold atoms: New theory of universal three-body encounters
Chemical reactions drive the mechanisms of life as well as a million other natural processes…
Seatbelt laws encourage obese drivers to buckle up
Researchers have found a possible way to mitigate one often-overlooked obesity risk: not buckling up…
Sabotage as therapy: Aiming lupus antibodies at vulnerable cancer cells
Researchers may have discovered a new way of harnessing lupus antibodies to sabotage cancer cells…
New synthesis method may shape future of nanostructures, clean energy
A team of physicists has published new nanoscience advances that they and other scientists say…
Humiliation tops list of mistreatment toward med students
Each year thousands of students enroll in medical schools across the country. But just how…
Extinctions during human era one thousand times more than before
The gravity of the world’s current extinction rate becomes clearer upon knowing what it was…