A new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, published in the July 12 issue of Health Affairs,

The number of weight-loss surgeries increased from 13,386 to 71,733 in the four year span. According to the study, part of the increase was driven by a 900 percent rise in operations on patients between the ages of 55 and 64

Dutch researchers say that obese men may be less physically fit than obese women, due to the fact they are more likely to have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and tend to have more abdominal fat.

A study of 56 obese men and women, awaiting weight-reduction surgery, showed the women in the group were better able to tolerate exercise. The team at Hospital Reinier de Graaf in Groep, in the Netherlands, found this could probably be explained by the way body fat is distributed

Hollywood legend, Zsa Zsa Gabor remains in critical condition after suffering a stroke Wednesday - she is currently under medical watch at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centers' intensive care unit.

According to local reports, a family member says Gabor, 89, had a stroke in her Beverly Hills home and was taken to the hospital by ambulance where she underwent four hours of surgery to repair an artery

A study reported in the current issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery

T. Adam Ginn, M.D., chief resident in orthopaedics at Wake Forest Baptist, and one of the study's researchers states in the report, "We found signs of early blood vessel damage that could lead to significant symptoms and could end a player's career. The gloves' current design does not protect the hand from trauma

A recent Cedars-Sinai study finds patients suffering blockages of multiple coronary arteries have better long-term survival rates if they undergo complete revascularization, as opposed to imcomplete revascularization.

Complete revascularization is the grafting of arteries in order to restore blood flow to all affected territories of the heart