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Losing Weight--And Not Finding It Again, Part II
August 3, 2009 12:35 PM by David Plaut
Obesity is recognized as a serious chronic disease, but there is pessimism about how successful treatment can be. One pessimistic view is that almost no one succeeds in long-term maintenance of weight loss. For this blog, I will define success as "individuals Read More...
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Losing Weight--And Not Finding It Again
June 17, 2009 2:28 PM by David Plaut
The February 26, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine published an article comparing four diets: 1) 20 percent fat, 15 percent protein and 65 percent carbohydrates (low-fat, average-protein); 2) 20 percent fat, 25 percent protein and 55 percent Read More...
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Blood Substitutes
May 27, 2009 2:59 PM by David Plaut
Blood substitutes have been studied for at least 70 years; the search continues. All of the first and second generations of these replacements for human blood have been discontinued. Some of the third generation products have also been discontinued. There Read More...
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