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Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Tricking the Stomach
Tackling obesity:
Don't get too excited. The results so far haven't been too promising, but they keep trying. So for now, PUT DOWN THAT BIG MAC!!
Medtronic Inc., the world's biggest maker of medical devices... is trying to develop a battery-powered gastric pacemaker that causes the stomach to contract, sending signals of satiety to the appetite center in the brain, [while] a small start-up also is working with the famed Mayo Clinic on a device that uses electricity to paralyze the stomach, reducing or stopping contractions that churn food as part of the digestion process.
Don't get too excited. The results so far haven't been too promising, but they keep trying. So for now, PUT DOWN THAT BIG MAC!!
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