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Liposuction may have a legitimate health benefit -

Liposuction patients are usually after one thing: a better-looking body.

Liposuction may help your heart

Liposuction may do more than just slim down your waistline — it might also help your heart, a new study shows. Within three months of the slenderizing procedure, patients’ triglyceride levels had dropped an average of 43 percent, according to a report presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in Denver. Triglycerides, fats in the blood, have been linked in other studies to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. The new findings were a surprise even to the study’s author, Dr. Eric Swanson, a plastic surgeon in private practice in Leawood, Kansas.

Psychiatric Drugs Cause Rapid Weight Gain in Kids (Study)

A new study has confirmed that atypical antipsychotic drugs can cause rapid weight gain in younger patients, as well as increasing levels of triglycerides and LDL ("bad") cholesterol in their blood.

6 surprising heart attack triggers

Bad traffic, Monday mornings and public speaking can be hazardous to your heart.

6 surprising heart attack triggers

Bad traffic, Monday mornings and public speaking can be hazardous to your heart.