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Living With Less TV, More Sweat Boosts Weight Loss
Home environment plays role in effort to drop pounds, experts say

Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks
Survivors offer clues to the impact of severe physical, psychosocial suffering, researchers say

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients
Combo of diet, exercise and injections helped non-diabetics shed pounds, study finds

Super Obesity Ups Risk of Dying After Weight-Loss Surgery
Deaths also more common among those with chronic diseases, study finds

When Pounds Go, Sleep Apnea May Improve
10 percent weight loss increases remission odds, but any amount helps, experts say

Diet, Exercise May Slow Kidney Disease Progression
Obese patients can also benefit from weight-loss surgery, review finds

Weight-Loss Surgery Breaks Families’ ’Obesity Cycle’
Moms operated on before pregnancy had thinner children, study found

FDA Investigating Weight-Loss Drug Over Reports of Liver Damage
32 cases reported since orlistat came on market in 1999

How Weight Loss Helps the Heart
Study found it reversed structural abnormalities seen among the obese

Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought
Death risk only 0.3 percent, chances of serious complications 4.3 percent