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Twin Cities police reports

While on patrol, a Twin Cities police officer was flagged down by a Village shopping center security guard. The guard pointed out a vehicle that was possibly connected to two shoplifting subjects who were in the Banana Republic store. The subjects in the vehicle were contacted. The driver, a San Francisco woman, was arrested for providing a false name to a police officer and driving with a suspended license . She was booked into Marin County Jail. A second subject, also a San Francisco woman, was arrested for providing a false name to a police officer and was released with a citation. A resident of the 300 block of Oakdale Avenue reported receiving a call from allegedly from Publisher’s Clearing House saying she had won $1 million or $100,000 a week for life . She was told she would need to secure her winnings by sending them $4,235 through Western Union. She suspected the call was a scam and did not send any money. Documentation was made for the incident. A caller reported seeing a woman on a bicycle hit a man over the head with a bottle. He seemed to be injured, but left the area. A Corte Madera woman was located and was uncooperative. The subject was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place and booked into Marin County Jail. A child who was with the subject was released to a grandparent. The male subject was contacted by telephone, but was also uncooperative.

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San Rafael, CA (PRWEB) September 25, 2007

With weight loss surgeries increasing tenfold in the last decade, planned second and third surgeries to avoid weight regain and more than 60 documented complications of the surgery, there is a growing backlash against weight loss surgery among some health professional groups.

“Many primary care doctors who treat complications after weight loss surgery — such as dumping syndrome, repeated surgeries, depression, eating disorders and weight regain — want other alternatives to offer their patients,” according to Laurel Mellin, obesity expert and associate clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

On October 18th, at the University of San Diego, Mellin and colleagues from The Institute for Health Solutions will launch a nationwide series of conferences for health professionals on The Solution Method, an alternative to weight loss surgery based on acquiring tools —- skills that mirror good self-parenting —- that trigger positive emotions to suppress appetite and prompt weight loss. Conference participants will not only learn how to train their patients in these skills, but they will learn the skills themselves.

According to Mellin, “Other than genetics, the root cause of weight gain is the chronic stress that drains us of positive emotions. In treating childhood obesity, we discovered simple skills that enabled children to experience a shift from stress to happiness not by chance but by choice. Instead of reaching for cookies, they learned to ask themselves questions, such as “Are my expectations reasonable?” or “How do I feel?” Their cravings and appetites decreased and they lost weight. Since then, research conducted at UCSF and at the University of Illinois at Chicago has shown that the these tools can be effective for adult weight loss. Using them triggers intense feelings of pleasure and the drive for eating comfort food decreases.

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