Word: stomachic
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...threatening illness that usually doesn't occur before middle age. Ashlee had tried all sorts of diets, but none of them seemed to work. By third grade, she had so much difficulty walking that she started missing a lot of school. Then she underwent an operation that reduced her stomach from the size of a football to the size of an egg. In the 12 months since, she has lost 77 lbs.--in addition to the 40 lbs. she lost while preparing for surgery--and her diabetes is in remission. "The most amazing thing," says Ashlee, "is that...
Gastric bypass works by radically altering the size and shape of the stomach and shortening the length of the small intestine so that the body can no longer take in normal amounts of food. First, surgeons "staple" the stomach with surgical tools so that it can't hold more than about an ounce of food. Eat more than five or six bites, and you will feel a sense of nausea. Then the doctors rearrange the small intestine, the organ that actually absorbs nutrients, so that about a third of it can no longer function normally. Patients must take supplements...
...that no one knows what this may do to someone who is still growing. Even under the best circumstances, there are substantial risks. As many as 1 in 100 obese adult patients dies from the procedure. A woman died in Massachusetts last month after the staples in her stomach apparently popped out. Blood clots and serious infections are also possible. In addition, 15% of patients regain the weight they lost. (By eating continually, you can stretch even the tiniest stomach.) In short, says Dr. David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children's Hospital, Boston, "you're substituting...
...campaign coffers stuffed to the brim don?t fit the image. The last thing he wants to do is turn off his most loyal supporters by letting them think he?s just another politician. So instead of holding a focus group to find out whether his fans will stomach his opting out of federal financing, he?s taking the question directly to the masses. As John McCain?s 2000 strategist Mike Murphy told the Washington Post, ?Dean is trying to combine McCain?s insurgent appeal with Bush's huge resource advantage. It makes him very formidable.? If the reaction...
...across a spread of Jennifer Lopez, awash in Louis Vuitton and sexually submissive male models. If you haven’t, here’s a synopsis: her calves and hamstrings are as taut as her leather skirt. Her cheekbones look sharp enough to cut diamonds. She makes my stomach feel like a tilt-a-whirl. In a good...