Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carol Evans' oral surgeon told her she was too heavy to have her tooth removed under anesthetic. It was the wake-up call she ...

(HealthDay News) — There is an association for tooth loss with weight gain in older adults, according to a study published online March 6 in the Journal of Periodontology. Mariana S. Muñoz, from ...

Carol Evans' oral surgeon told her she was too heavy to have her tooth removed under anesthetic. It was the wake-up call she needed to lose 100 pounds through diet and exercise. She says she got ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carol Evans, 56, of Birmingham, England. It has been edited for length and clarity. My husband, John, sat in the hospital waiting room waiting to ...