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VCU tests weight-loss implant (Potomac News)

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are enrolling people in a study testing an implanted weight-loss device that curbs hunger and increases feelings of fullness so weight drops almost effortlessly. The therapy consists of a thin, pacemakerlike disk placed under the skin and attached to thin, wire electrodes that are wrapped around nerves on the stomach. The nerves are vagus nerves, …

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