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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A last-resort surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis triples the risk of infertility for female patients, according to researchers here.

WASHINGTON - Lorcaserin, an investigational drug for the treatment of obesity, was successful at producing weight loss ranging between four and 7.9 pounds (1.8 to 3.6 kg) in a 12-week study, reported investigators here.

NEW YORK ? Prozac (fluoxetine) does not prevent relapse in anorexia nervosa, according to researchers to two cities.

PITTSBURGH - After seven hours of surgery to repair facial injuries, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was in stable but serious condition in Mercy Hospital here today. No other serious injuries were reported from his motorcycle accident yesterday.

CHICAGO - After more than 10 years of a steadily dwindling membership in the American Medical Association, more doctors are once again joining.

PITTSBURGH ? Super Bowl-winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers was in serious but stable condition this afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding was in an accident with a Chrysler New Yorker around noon.

CHICAGO, June 12 ? It is unethical for physicians to participate in interrogation of prisoners by the military or law-enforcement agencies, pronounced the AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA).

MILAN, Italy - Variations in morphology categories may help explain why Hodgkin's disease prognosis differs from place to place in the world.

WASHINGTON ? Preeclampsia is an independent risk marker for type 2 diabetes, even when gestational diabetes is taken into account, reported researchers here today.

ROCKVILLE, Md. ? In the opening salvo of an FDA initiative to cleanse the market of unapproved drugs, the agency has ordered some 120 cough and cold medicines that contain carbinomoxamine off store shelves. The two approved carbinomoxamine-containing products can continue to be sold.

WASHINGTON ? Asbestos, long associated with mesothelioma and other lung malignancies, also appears to cause laryngeal cancer, according to the Institute of Medicine.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C ? Genetic profiling may have uncovered a strong clue about why African-American women have such a high breast cancer mortality rate.

OAKLAND, Calif. ? Anemia, polycythemia, and chronic kidney disease are independent predictors of outcome for patients with heart failure, researchers here reported.

NEW YORK ? The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has enlisted a fitness coach and TV personality for a new campaign aimed at challenging patients with type 2 diabetes to get their blood sugar under control.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Infants whose mothers used ACE-inhibitors during the first trimester are 2.7 times more likely to have major congenital malformations of the cardiovascular and central nervous systems, according to researchers here.

BOSTON ? Carbohydrate nutrition in older nondiabetic persons is related to the development of nuclear and cortical lens opacities, according to a study.

SAPPORO, Japan - Adding whole-brain irradiation to stereotactic radiosurgery does not improve survival of patients with metastatic brain cancer, but it may reduce recurrence of the metastases, researchers here reported.

LIVERMORE, Calif. - As healthy men age, they become less likely to father a successful pregnancy. They have an increased risk for having children with musculoskeletal and craniofacial mutations.