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  The author before her surgery. Courtesy of Terri Peters In November,  Dr. Nathan Allison , a board-certified general surgeon at  Health First Medical Group's NewFit Weight Loss Services , performed my surgery. This idea that (most) people have bariatric surgery for aesthetic reasons such as "wanting to be high-school skinny again" is far from the truth, he said. "The vast majority, like, 95% of our patients, have a medical condition that requires them to need medically significant weight loss to resolve their comorbidities — hypertension, diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, fatty liver disease, reflux — all these different things," Allison told Insider. "That's why we do it. If a patient comes in and they don't meet the criteria for surgery, we don't offer them surgery." The author before her pre-surgical endoscopy. Courtesy of Terri Peters When I underwent my gastric bypass at 42, I weighed 235 pounds and was just 5-foot-4. My feet, back,...

Could picking your nose be bad for your brain? According to one report, it could be possible. However, an expert says, there's no need to panic if you engage in the bad habit. A  recent review paper published  in the journal  Biomolecules  explored the potential relationship between nose-picking and the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, which may be related via neuroinflammation. Recent evidence suggests that neuroinflammation, or the swelling of nervous tissue, including tissue in the brain, may play at least a partial role in Alzheimer’s disease. According to the paper's authors, beta-amyloid, a protein believed to be a factor in causing Alzheimer's, may be produced by the brain in response to certain pathogens. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. One way for these pathogens to get into your nose and interact with your brain? A dirty finger up the nostril. While the idea of a simple action that, let's be ...