Scientists from Italy’s National Research Council have developed a new style of diet pill. Once eaten it expands in the stomach to make the dieter feel full. The effect can last several hours, during which the diet does not feel hungry. It is made from a hydrogel, which the team developed when trying to make [...]
Diet Pill to make dieters feel full has been invented
June 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Diet
Weighing the risks of gastric banding / bariatric surgery
October 8th, 2006 · No Comments
By Michele Kirsch.
The demand for weight-loss operations is at a record high, but doctors say surgery is not a quick fix. Anne Diamond’s account earlier this week of her botched Belgian gastric banding operation - in which the device inserted to shrink her stomach capacity was put in the wrong place - is a [...]
Tags: Weight Loss
