| GI Dynamics EndoBarrier Data At Diabetes World Congress In New York City GI Dynamics, a medical device company pioneering the development of new approaches to treating metabolic disorders, today announced that new data regarding EndoBarrier™, its novel, noninvasive device currently in clinical trials to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes, will be presented at the First World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes in New York City. The session, entitled "Novel Gastrointestinal Interventional Therapies," will be chaired by Lee M. medicalnewstoday.com |
Discovery Of 6 New Genes Suggests Obesity Is In Your Head, Not Your Gut Is obesity all in your head? New research suggests that genes that predispose people to obesity act in the brain and that perhaps some people are simply hardwired to overeat. An international research team co-led by the University of Michigan found six new genes that help explain body mass index and obesity, and all but one of the genes are tied to the brain rather than to metabolic functions, such as fat storage and sugar metabolism. medicalnewstoday.com |
Bad News For Insomniacs: 'Hunger Hormones' Affected By Poor Sleep Insomnia has long been associated with poor health, including weight gain and even obesity. Now researchers at UCLA have found out why. medicalnewstoday.com |
Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new research shows. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Hold the mayo? Not when it comes to astute pilots (AP) AP - Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-soaked lobster might help. us.rd.yahoo.com |