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Points: 30,037.48 Bank: 10,158,560.21 Total Points: 10,188,597.69 |  Article: Gastric condoms and hunger pacemakers to tackle obesity
Gastric condoms and hunger pacemakers to tackle obesity
issue 2693 of New Scientist magazine, page 18-19
28 January 2009 by Peter Aldhous
Full Article; http://www.newscientist.com/article/...e-obesity.html
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The EndoBarrier, developed by GI Dynamics of Lexington, Massachusetts, is an impermeable sleeve that lines the first 60 centimetres of the small intestine. In animal experiments and preliminary human trials, it reduces weight and rapidly brings type II diabetes under control.
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