| 01/07/2009 06:46 AM |
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FDA warns about tainted weight loss pills (The Potpourri)
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The United States Food and Drug Administration has alerted consumers nationwide Dec. 22 not to purchase or consume more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that may put consumers’ health at risk.
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| 01/06/2009 07:55 PM |
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Drugs trigger dramatic weight loss in fat mice (Scientific American)
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Drugs currently on the market but used for other purposes helped plump mice shed pounds by upping their response to the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings offer new hope in the search for weight-loss meds that exploit the hunger-dampening hormone, first discovered some 13 years ago. [More]
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| 01/07/2009 09:12 AM |
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Galapagos Selects Pre-clinical Candidate Drug For Cachexia (Medical News Today)
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Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced that it has selected a candidate drug to enter into pre-clinical development in the Company's cachexia (loss of weight and muscle mass) program. This candidate drug is a small molecule that Galapagos has developed in its Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) program and which has demonstrated successful Proof of Concept in animal studies.
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| 01/06/2009 04:17 PM |
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Obesity-Drug Combination Works in Mice, Revives Hope for People (Bloomberg)
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Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Leptin, the appetite-suppressing drug that flunked tests for weight loss in people, is resurrecting hope with a study showing it worked better in mice when combined with other medicines.
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| 01/07/2009 01:37 PM |
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Oprah on her battle with weight (CNN)
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Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life --in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule-- intervened. Last year she was back up to the 200-pound mark and knew something had to change. After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here's what she's ...
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| 01/06/2009 06:15 AM |
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Dr. Sanford Siegal and Weight Loss Success Story Josie Raper, Who Appears on Current People Magazine Cover, to Attend ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, operator of e-commerce website CookieDiet.com and worldwide distributor of the internationally-popular Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET® hunger-controlling cookies, shakes and other products, today announced that renowned physician, author, and weight loss expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., MD., will attend a grand opening event at the new Dr.
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| 01/06/2009 05:19 AM |
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£1aday diet pill can 'help rapid weight loss' (Daily Telegraph)
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A pill that costs just £1 a day and claims to help women rapidly lose weight could be sold in British pharmacies within months.
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| 01/06/2009 07:36 PM |
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Orexigen to Post Obesity Data in Race With Vivus, Arena (TheStreet.com)
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Orexigen Therapeutics is expected to release the first phase III data on its experimental weight-loss drug Contrave ahead of a key investor presentation Monday.
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| 01/06/2009 05:51 PM |
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Oprah on her battle with weight (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she’d hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life—in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule—intervened. Last year she was back up to the 200-pound mark and knew something had to change. After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here’s what she’s learned, ...
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| 01/05/2009 06:15 AM |
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CookieDiet.com, the 100% New Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET Web Site, Debuts with Weight Loss Calculators and Worldwide ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, the exclusive worldwide distributor of the 34 year old Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET® brand weight loss system and hunger-controlling diet cookies and diet shake mixes, today announced that it has launched a completely redesigned version of its web site with many new features and the shorter domain name CookieDiet.com .
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