The infection can stop a baby breathing or lead to pneumonia, brain damage, weight loss and death.

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Both drugs helped patients lose weight by elevating brain chemicals that control appetite.

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And just as it's true that you could lose weight by having your brain removed, it still doesn't make it a great idea.

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With revised, more Euro-sports styling, the VL Destino shed over 1, 400 lbs from the battery version, which weight loss should provide brain-addling performance almost equal to the Corvette ZR-1, but in a socially-responsible 4-door family sedan.

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We are talking about animals that have a brain that has 0.1 milligrams in weight, so ants are rather stupid animals if you put it that way.

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Dr Borenstein Graves said the study added weight to the theory having a large brain protects against Alzheimer's.

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Sanchez also referred to a chart showing the typical weight of a 7-year-old's brain: 1, 200 grams.

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Body weight is controlled mostly by the hypothalamus, a structure at the center of the brain that fine-tunes metabolism to a level that no conscious calorie-counter could match.

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Older people who lose too much weight increase their risk of falls and fractures, said Greenwood, who studies diet and the brain but was not involved in the current research.

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