Gastric bypass surgery may be the best surgical option for extremely obese patients, according to a recent study by George S. Ferzli and a team of researchers from the State University of New York, Health Science Center of Brooklyn and Lutheran Medical Center. They found that the popular procedure, which connects an apricot-size portion of the upper stomach to a lower portion of the small intestine, bypassing the upper portion and thus limiting food absorption, is "superior" to adjustable gastric bands. The band procedure is a less popular alternative that places a snug, saline-filled silicone ring around the stomach to limit food intake.
The FBI is allowing crime labs to use DNA databases to locate family members of suspects who appear to have left DNA evidence at crime scenes but for whom a complete genetic match cannot be made, a controversial practice that alarms privacy advocates.
Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine is sticking with the political advertising firm that doctored images of the World Trade Center to make it appear as though the footage came from the September 11 attacks. The video was used in a 30-second campaign spot that has aired throughout Ohio since last Friday, accusing his opponent, Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown, of being weak on national security. An investigation by U.S. News revealed that the images, which show the south tower ablaze and the north tower untouched – contradicting the chronology of the day's events – were bogus.
AP - Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border Saturday as forces seized a village from the Hezbollah guerrilla group.
AP - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges that Israeli troops can sweep across south Lebanon. But if he and his militants can survive and keep fighting, he will cement his image as the unlikely new hero of Arab nationalism.
AP - Two American soldiers were killed Saturday in Baghdad, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up, deepening the capital's security crisis. Shiite politicians called on the prime minister to cancel his visit to Washington to protest Israel's attacks in Lebanon.
Israel seizes Lebanese town of Maroun al-RasIsrael hits communication towers in northern Lebanon, a Lebanese government official says100+ Hezbollah rockets fired, Israel reports300 have been killed by the 11th day of the conflict
A "major humanitarian disaster" could occur if the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah does not stop and innocent Lebanese people continue to be killed or displaced, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told CNN on Friday.