Have you been tested for adenovirus-36, or discussed it with your doctor?

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While I posted research linking adenovirus-36 as a cause of possibly 20% of obesity, I never thought to ask your experiences.

Have any of you been tested for antibodies to adenovirus-36?

Any discussions with your doctors and nurses?

Research is showing a higher occurrence among those tested who are morbidly obese. I know a number of DUers have discussed having surgery to lose weight, others now considering that route. Was the adenovirus-36 discussed during pre-surgery counseling?

I am most interested in seeing if the medical community is considering this as a possibility.

[2pooped2pop]

1. is there a way to fix it?

a magic pill to combat obesity?

[unc70]

3. Not quite yet, but promising candidate drugs

After thirty years of research, they discover the answer to the big question. "How can a brief viral infection still cause obesity many years later?"

If I were considering surgery, I would get tested and if infected would delay my surgery. Then become the best friend of the researchers.

I need to catch up on several months of unread cell biology journals

Here's a couple of useful links.

http://www.obesityvirus.com/research.html

http://www.microbemagazine.org/index.php/06-2012-home/5068-virus-induced-obesity-in-humans

[2pooped2pop]

4. thank you

interesting stuff

[ananda]

2. That's an interesting correlation between ad-36 and obesity.

I didn't know that before.