Sunday, 22 February 2015

New 'Appetite-Suppressing Implant' Gives Weight Loss a Boost

A US-developed device is set to revolutionize obesity treatment by using electrical impulses to suppress the desire to eat more. Keyhole surgery is used to plant the device VBloc, which is the size of a matchbox and can be fitted in 90 minutes, in the rib cage with a wire running to a nerve at the top of the stomach that helps regulate appetite, the Daily Express reported. Scott Shikora of Harvard University, who has carried out thousands of obesity ...

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