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New ear stapling fad claims to curb appetites
The Daily Athenaeum ^ | 12/11/06 | Brenda Paiz

Posted on 12/11/2006 11:04:03 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666

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To: the_devils_advocate_666

Aaaahhhh, the miracle of the placebo effect!


21 posted on 12/11/2006 11:13:26 AM PST by go-dubya-04
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
That looks extremely uncomfortable!

I will stick with baked/brolied chicken and veggies, when I diet. thank you!

22 posted on 12/11/2006 11:13:52 AM PST by Repub4bush (FWF.....Speechless!)
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To: Calvin Locke
Yeh - got a little inflammation issue getting started there. Frankly it looks painful.

I'm working on a theory that weight loss is associated with food intake and exercise. Neither one involves the ear. Oh, yeah, call me a radical...

23 posted on 12/11/2006 11:15:55 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: LIConFem; Armedanddangerous

Blast from the Past, Man!
(If at first you don't succeed.................)


24 posted on 12/11/2006 11:18:39 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth
I have yet to see it work for appetite suppression or smoking cessation.

Why wouldn't it work? It's hard to hold either a cigarette or a fork when you're clutching your still-bleeding ear, whimpering in pain.

It's the same way the rest of acupuncture works - if you stick pins in a guy every time he complains, pretty soon he stops complaining.

25 posted on 12/11/2006 11:27:05 AM PST by nina0113
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
Trevor Jarvis, 21, a Pittsburgh resident who received the procedure, said the feeling that overcomes the recipient is unexplainable. "I can't really describe it, but you feel a lot better about yourself and it looks pretty cool too," he said.

Not exactly the most convincing argument I've ever seen but hey, if it works, it works.
26 posted on 12/11/2006 11:27:59 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
...the side effects and precautions are... perhaps inability to work.

Already a hit in the public sector...

27 posted on 12/11/2006 11:34:13 AM PST by Doomonyou (I voted and all I got was a FUBAR Congress.)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

OLD idea. This was a fad back in the 70's.


28 posted on 12/11/2006 11:45:43 AM PST by redhead (...frammin' at the jim-jam, frippin' at the krotz...)
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To: beyond the sea; Red Badger; the_devils_advocate_666

Everyone I knew who had it said you had to 'wiggle' it to activate it. Trouble is, no one wanted to wiggle and so no one lost any weight.


29 posted on 12/11/2006 11:51:00 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

There is truly nothing new under the sun......


30 posted on 12/11/2006 11:51:56 AM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

"if it works, it works."

It doesn't. According to my doctor they brought him lots of business via infection.


31 posted on 12/11/2006 11:52:10 AM PST by L98Fiero (The media is a self-licking ice-cream cone)
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To: Ben Mugged

LOL.


32 posted on 12/11/2006 11:52:47 AM PST by Howlin (40 days to Destin!)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

Placebo effect.


33 posted on 12/11/2006 11:53:41 AM PST by Mrs Ivan (English, and damned proud of it.)
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To: Froufrou
...you had to 'wiggle' it to activate it. Trouble is, no one wanted to wiggle...

Yeah, that the problem with a lot of things.......

34 posted on 12/11/2006 11:53:45 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

This has been around for years and years and years. How stupid are these people and those who write about them.


35 posted on 12/11/2006 11:55:47 AM PST by A knight without armor
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To: Red Badger
Yeah, that's the problem with a lot of things.......

Too much, or too little, wiggle room?
36 posted on 12/11/2006 11:57:16 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

Has anyone used Cow Magnets for weight reduction yet...


37 posted on 12/11/2006 11:57:36 AM PST by tubebender (Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

psuedoscience for the sheeple


38 posted on 12/11/2006 11:58:46 AM PST by Stultis
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To: tubebender

Yeah, but I kept getting stuck to the rail around the salad bar. LOL


39 posted on 12/11/2006 12:03:32 PM PST by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: tubebender
Yep, they are all over the fridge but it isn't keeping me from opening the door!


40 posted on 12/11/2006 12:03:44 PM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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