| 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 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 07:41 AM |
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Lucas County Commissioners appoint "weight loss czar" (The Toledo Blade)
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Lucas County Commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint radio host Andrew Zepeda as its first "weight loss czar." Known as Andrew "Z" on his morning show on 92.5 WVKS, Mr. Zepeda is to encourage county residents to lose 1 million pounds in 2009. The 5-foot-9 Perrysburg resident has lost about 80 pounds in the past 12 months through diet, exercise, and a lap-band surgery procedure, and is down to ...
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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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| 01/07/2009 07:22 AM |
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Want New Year's resolution inspiration? One man's weight-loss story (The Pantagraph)
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WASHINGTON -- No way does John Brown’s body lie a’ molding in his grave. It’s too busy working to stay fit after Brown dropped nearly 140 pounds in a little more than two years.
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| 01/06/2009 02:58 AM |
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Dangerous Diet? Some Diet Drugs Could Cause More Harm than Good (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
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var nopreviewimage = "1"; if (nopreviewimage == ""){ document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } The Food and Drug Administration is warning people who may want to lose weight in the new year. WFMZ's Melissa Batulis has more on a list of what may be hidden in your diet plan. [ WEBLINK: Dangerous Drugs ]
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| 01/07/2009 02:13 PM |
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Sensitivity To Appetite Suppressant Fat Hormone Restored By Approved Drugs (Medical News Today)
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A new study in the January 7th issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, helps to explain why obese people and animals fail to respond to leptin, a hormone produced by fat that signals the brain to stop eating. What's more, they show that two FDA-approved drugs might restore leptin sensitivity, offering a novel treatment for obesity.
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| 01/06/2009 07:17 PM |
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Obesity: Reviving The Promise Of Leptin (Science Daily)
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The 1995 discovery of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone, generated great hopes for an effective obesity drug. But hopes dimmed when it was found that obese people are leptin-resistant. Now, researchers have, for the first time, re-sensitized the brain to leptin, using oral drugs that are already FDA-approved. In mice, this led to significant weight loss when combined with leptin treatment.
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| 01/07/2009 06:06 AM |
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Oprah’s gurus talk about her weight, courage (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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CNN’s Larry King spoke Tuesday evening with a team of fitness and health experts about Oprah Winfrey’s latest bout with weight gain, and they reveal how she’s fighting back. http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?d=41 http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?d=50 http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=Le069McE http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?d=52 ...
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