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Plastic surgeons warn of malnutrition in body contouring patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Identifying malnutrition before surgery in massive weight loss patients seeking body contouring will significantly decrease surgical complications, accelerate wound healing, improve scar quality and boost patient energy levels, ...





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Scientists find black hole 'missing link'

Scientists find black hole 'missing link'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (56) | comments 11

Scientists at Durham University have found the "missing link" between small and super-massive black holes.


Heavyweight galaxies puzzle astronomers

Heavyweight galaxies puzzle astronomers

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have discovered large galaxies some two thirds of the way back in time to the big bang. This surprising find casts doubt on theories of how the biggest galaxies form.


China is planning to build more dams and reservoirs on the troubled Yangtze river

China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020, the government said Tuesday, despite growing concerns over dam construction there.


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Female ticks have market on gluttony

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created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sex makes you fat. If you're a female tick, that is. The "truly gluttonous" female ixodid tick increases her weight an astounding 100 times her original size after she mates, so a University of Alberta researcher ...


Galaxies Demand a Stellar Recount

Galaxies Demand a Stellar Recount

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, astronomers have gone about their business of studying the cosmos with the assumption that stars of certain sizes form in certain quantities. Like grocery stores selling melons ...


Baby Jupiters must gain weight fast

Baby Jupiters must gain weight fast

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The planet Jupiter gained weight in a hurry during its infancy. It had to, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years, according to a new study of planet formation ...


Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...


MSU professor studies links between gastric bypass, immune system

MSU professor studies links between gastric bypass, immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While the massive weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery is beneficial, some patients may face malnutrition, poor wound healing and infection as their immune systems adjust to the extreme decrease ...


Disordered eating may affect 10 to 15 percent of women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Several maladaptive eating behaviors, beyond anorexia, can affect women. Indeed, some 10 to 15 percent of women have maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes according to new study from the Université de Montréal ...


How big is the energy gap in obesity? Top expert warns of public misunderstanding

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created Sep 07, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The oversimplification of the “energy-in/energy out” equation is generating a fundamental public misunderstanding of the challenges of obesity, an eminent expert has warned at the International Congress on Obesity in Sydney ...



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