The Cytokine Diet: The Next Fad In Weight Loss?
Might we be able to turn our immune system against another kind of foe besides infections and viruses? How about fat? Researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lille, France, have evidence suggesting the possibility. [click link for full article]

Breast-feeding curbs obesity in at-risk kids (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who develop diabetes during pregnancy are liable to have large babies, which in turn can lead to obesity in childhood -- but that chain of events may be interrupted if the mother breast-feeds, researchers report.

Stay healthy in 15 unlikely steps
Turn down your hairdryer, eat dried figs and never share your razor. How to stay healthy in 15 very unlikely steps

Thousands lie to IVF clinics in desperation to have a baby
Nearly half of British fertility clinics are being duped into treating patients using false identities, it has been claimed. In 1997, Liz Buttle, 60, gave birth to a son after claiming to be 49. Despite this high-profile case, one in four clinics never checks a patients' identity

Surgery Becoming A Weighty Issue For Patients
America's ever-growing obesityproblem has shifted onto the office of the orthopaedic surgeon. More obeseAmericans translates to more obese orthopaedic patients and, according to areview article published in the July 2006 issue of the Journal of theAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, that means orthopaedic surgeonsmust identify the special needs of these patients as well as encouragemethods to decrease obesity. [click link for full article]