Study: Obesity surgery to reduce stomach size can cure diabetes in
Minneapolis Star Tribune - A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the Most of the surgery patients were able to stop taking diabetes drugs and achieve normal blood tests. “It’s the best therapy

Half of all patients at clot risk: study
West Online - Obesity and family history are other risk factors. Blood-thinning drugs or special stockings to improve blood flow can help prevent the condition but the researchers said half of the high-risk people in the study did not receive preventative treatment

Nation’s Health Care Bill Hits All-Time High
NPR News - Spending on prescription drugs went up 8.5 percent. That’s $16 billion. “We attribute about 50 percent of the increase in Plus he expects that the nation’s obesity epidemic is going to drive up health costs. And in travelling around the country he

Appetite experiment yields results for enhancing memory
Ashland Daily Tidings - The experimental surgery — the first of its kind to treat obesity — was a last resort for the man, who weighed 420 pounds and had experienced no success with diets, weight-loss drugs and psychological counseling. The man, who had diabetes and

U.S. requiring suicide studies in drug trials
International Herald Tribune - Makers of drugs to treat obesity, urinary incontinence, epilepsy, smoking cessation, depression and many other conditions are being asked for the first time by the drug agency to put a comprehensive suicide assessment into their clinical trials. In