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One-third of obese americans in the form of a tiny implant call the v-block. the fda approved pacemaker-like device is implanted into the abdomen. it works by sending electrical pulses through the nerve pathway between the brain and the stomach helping patients to feel full. >> the patients have less hunger, more satiety and can go longer in between meals in terms of eating. >> it's only available to those severely overweight and who have at least one medical problem related to oh obesity. in trials, the average patient lost 28% of excess body weight. it only takes a short outpatient procedure...

It works. >> new hope for the nearly one-third of obese americans in the form of a tiny implant call the v-block. the pacemaker-like device is implanted into the abdomen. it works by sending electrical pulses through the nerve pathway between the brain and the stomach helping patients to feel full. >> the patients have less hunger, more satiety and can go longer in terms of it meals in eating. >> it's only available to those severely overweight and who have at least one medical problem related to oh obesity. in trials, the average patient lost 28% of excess body weight. it only takes a short o...

>> such a weird correlation. >> i don't think you should ever say all men are good at this way and all women are this way. i don't think it's sexist to say men and women are different because we are. if you spent just a few minutes with the four of us, you'll recognize that very, very quickly. i found this study really interesting in terms of what we're able to do today. they used a special brain scanner technique which measured the flow of water along the nerve pathway. so for women, it went from left to right or right to left and for men it went from the front to the back, which could explai...