Take Off the Weight Archive: February 2009
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Fatty-Liver Disease Retreats With Weight Loss
If patients lose 9 percent of their body weight, a dangerous condition of the liver can be reversed, a recent study has shown. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published February 27 2009
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Viruses Being Used to Fight Cancer
It's common knowledge that viruses make us sick. But a new, counterintuitive logic is coming into play in the war on cancer, namely, that viruses can also make us well. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published February 23 2009
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Weight-Loss Surgery Cures Teen Diabetes
When stomach-stapling surgery is performed on obese adolescents, they usually experience immediate and complete relief from health-imperiling type 2 diabetes, a recent study has showed. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published February 23 2009
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Equal Access to Fertility Treatment Urged for Obese
Overweight and obese women have the same chance of having a baby through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as normal-weight women, according to a recent study, and therefore shouldn't be discriminated against at fertility clinics. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published February 18 2009
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For Obese, Losing a Little Helps a Lot
If obese people lose even a moderate amount of weight, their risk of developing serious health problems, especially heart disease, is dramatically lowered, according to a recent study. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published February 9 2009
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Morbidly Obese Seen as Huge Future Hospital Burden
Morbidly obese Americans, whose numbers are rising rapidly today and whose average hospital expenses far outstrip other people's, are likely to become a terrible drain on hospital resources in the near future, a recent study showed. Click here for more information on Weight Loss. Published February 5 2009
