Obesity surgery death rates are low, study finds (AP)







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File photo of an overweight man. Childhood obesity is now the United States' worst health crisis, experts said, urging parents to ban television in kids' rooms and lawmakers to slap a tax on sugar-laden sodas.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AP – Obese, but worried that surgery for it might kill you? The risk of that has dropped dramatically, and now is no greater than for having a gall bladder out, a hip replaced or most other major operations, new research shows.


FDA concludes mercury in dental fillings not risky (AP)







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AP – The government declared Tuesday that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions who’ve had cavities filled with them ? including young children ? and that only people allergic to mercury need to avoid them.

Allergy drugs may fight diabetes, obesity (Reuters)







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Generic allergy medication pills are shown in the pharmacy of the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in the center of skid row in downtown Los Angeles, July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters – Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday.