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Obesity surgery: ‘Slashes diabetes risk and helps patients shed excess pounds’
According to research, weight-loss surgery among younger people eliminates diabetes in more than four out of five patients and recoups the cost of surgery within three years.

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Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug
Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen’s experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

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Doctor pays patients to lose weight
Michael Walton took his doctor’s challenge. For every pound of weight he lost, Dr. Joseph Chemplavil would pay him $1. For every pound he gained, Walton would pay Chemplavil a dollar. Within a year, Walton lost 36 pounds.

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