Write you own Limbaugh jokes in response to this...

[n2doc]

Obese Patients With Methane on Their Breath Have Significantly Higher Body Mass Index, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (May 5, 2010) — New Cedars-Sinai research shows obese patients who test positive for methane on their breath have a significantly higher body mass index (BMI) than their peers.

The study, which was presented at Digestive Disease Week in New Orleans, La., is the first in humans to show a link between the presence of methane-producing bacteria in the gut and elevated BMI, indicating that bacteria may play a role in obesity.

"Obesity is a major health issue and is reaching pandemic levels," said Ruchi Mathur, M.D., a physician in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and one of the study's authors. "It is our hope that by better understanding all the factors that contribute to obesity, we can develop more effective ways of fighting it."

The research was a joint effort of the Center for Weight Loss and the GI Motility Program. The study was led by Mark Pimentel, M.D., director of the GI Motility Program at Cedars-Sinai.

"Currently we are learning new ways to treat methane-producing bacteria. Future studies addressing these and other bacteria could be part of a number of techniques to improve the chances for weight loss in obese subjects." Pimentel said.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100506090937.htm

[AnArmyVeteran]

1. If we could tap Rush's ass and mouth for methane we could have energy independence overnight...

[EFerrari]

2. Or wmd, depends on how you look at it.

[madmax]

3. Great one Army Vet! nt

[pinboy3niner]

4. Heh, heh--score!

:hi:

[Initech]

5. So how would that work for someone who has shit coming from both ends?

[AnArmyVeteran]

8. That's why you get tea baggers! Shit for brains and trains of shit...

[11 Bravo]

6. I knew Rush likes pre-teen Dominican boys, but I had no idea ...

that he also enjoys providing rimjobs to cattle in order to cop a methane high.

[AnArmyVeteran]

9. Why else would Limblah take Viagra to the Dominican Republic alone without a female...

Prostitution is rampant there.

[lpbk2713]

7. OxyRush is a cigar smoker.

Does this mean he could blow himself up?

There's always hope.