Hospital may have exposed some to HIV (Reuters)
Reuters - A California hospital was contacting some 300 morbidly obese patients after learning they may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV by poorly cleaned instruments used in stomach-reduction operations.

A Matter Of Fat: Ghrelin Hormone Promotes Storage Of Energy As Fat
The hormone ghrelin is produced at high levels in the stomach when we are hungry and at decreased levels after meals. As such, this hormone plays a critical role in signaling the brain when we are hungry or full and has become an important focus of obesity research. [click link for full article]

Risk Of Relapse For Patients With Anorexia Nervosa Not Decreased By Use Of Anti-depressant
Use of the anti-depressant fluoxetine did not help patients with anorexia nervosa who had restored their body weight maintain that weight or reduce their risk of relapse, according to a study in the June 14 issue of JAMA.Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder primarily affecting young women and marked by an extreme fear of becoming overweight that leads to excessive dieting to the point of serious ill-health and sometimes death. [click link for full article]

Mother dies days after having her stomach stapled
A mother died from complications four days after having a gastric bypass. Lynda Taylor, 33, opted for the risky surgery after failing to lose weight with dieting and anti-obesity drugs

Death risk rises in women as obesity worsens (Reuters)
Reuters - Obesity is known to increase a person's risk of death and now, new findings from a study of more than 90,000 women indicate that the risk continues to increase as the severity of obesity worsens.