A new implantable medical device called VBLOCTM vagal blocking therapy is the latest answer to gastric bypass surgery and other weight loss measures.

Developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, the device helped patients lose an average of nearly 15 percent of their excess weight

Certain general anesthesia drugs known as the noxious type of anesthesia could actually worsen the pain following surgery, say scientists. This type of drug, which includes most general anesthetics, acts on the peripheral nervous system whereas others act on the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) instead.

Noxious anaesthesia drugs that are used commonly worldwide stimulate nerves to cause irritation long after the operation is over, a research team from Georgetown University Medical Center said

Combining a blood test with a screening questionnaire for common symptoms, like pelvic pain, difficulty eating and abdominal bloating, can catch 80 percent of ovarian cancer in its earliest, most curable stages, a new study suggests.

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of death for women and is also known as the "silent killer" because scientists earlier could not detect any symptoms until it progressed to an advanced stage

Gastric bypass surgery, popularly known as weight loss surgery may lower the chances of getting cancer in the morbidly obese people, new findings suggest. Gastric bypass surgery decreases the incidence of cancer by more than 80 percent over the five years following the procedure, Canadian researchers reported Wednesday.

The treatment for obesity has already known to reduce heart disease and diabetes but researchers have now found that incidence of two of the most common tumors, breast and colon, were reduced by 85 percent and 70 percent respectively

Cosmetic surgery is gaining more male clients, registering a 16 percent jump from 2002 to 2007, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgery.

Its new male clients are not just urban metrosexuals, but also older employees in people-oriented jobs who need to compete with younger men in a slowing national economy