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•No scars: New obesity surgery goes through mouth
CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen

•US kids at risk of 'recession obesity': report
“There is a concern that parents will substitute fast food, high carbohydrate and high sugar-content food, for healthy food and that this will cause an uptick in the rate of overweight children and adolescents,"

•'Cancer hope' from diabetes drug
A common anti-diabetes drug may boost the potency of vaccines against cancer, research suggests.

•Obama Open to a Mandate on Health Insurance
NY Times: June 3, 2009 - WASHINGTON — President Obama said Wednesday that he was receptive to Congressional proposals that would require Americans to have health insurance and oblige employers to share in the cost.

•FDA Warns On Liver Problems With Overactive-Thyroid Drug WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Wednesday about the risks of serious liver injury seen with propylthiouracil, a drug used to treat overactive thyroid glands or Graves' disease.
















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