Though the procedures are controversial, they can offer Americans safe and effective ways to treat obesity, Medicare claims. Medicare has endorsed three types of stomach-shrinking surgery.
Medicare will pay for the surgery for obese patients who are...
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The US Federal Drug Administration's equivocal verdict on Sanofi-Aventis's potential blockbuster drug Acomplia is a blow. FDA's reservations are announced on 17 February. And if the prove relatively minor, Sanofi faces extra short-term uncertainty about...
Obesity and the byproducts of estrogen breakdown appear to raise the risk of breast cancer among women who does not use hormone therapy. These findings are published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Dr. Francesmary Modugno, of the University...
Obesity in adults has doubled, and even tripled in children in the past three decades. And do you know, obesity could be contagious? Now, new research is suggesting it. Researchers studied a human virus similar to the common cold. And they found chickens...
Acomplia has successfully helped folks lose weight. It also keeps off with low side effects, a new 2-year study says. And if scientists are right, the experimental weight-loss drug Acomplia could be the next best thing to be for the obese.
But, it made...
It is this week; a state Senate committee will continue to discuss the issue of childhood obesity in Michigan. The Senate Health Policy Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to hear testimony on a bill. It is at least twice a week for the entire academic...
Lowering cortisol levels will promote weight loss. This simple proverb pops up in television ads every now and then. But, according to researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland the mechanism is not this simple.
Cortisol is the...
Obese are too vulnerable to develop kidney disease, to the extent that the risk for the morbidly obese is seven-fold higher! This is according to an US study.
The link is bases on the fact that obesity is linked to hypertension and diabetes, as this...
The country does not seem to be satisfied with strategic implementations. The Irish Government has done little to implement its strategy to tackle obesity, a senior European health official has been told.
The recent report of the Government's taskforce...
It is an age-old knowledge that city dwellers are thinner because their dense, centralized environment encourages walking, in comparison to the suburbanites and rural residents, who tend to drive to widely scattered destinations. But, a new finding...
Rimonabant is showing promising results - it is a new anti-obesity pill that works on the same biological triggers that give marijuana smokers the munchies. The study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It reports a drop in...
Dear parents, if you love your baby and are concerned about his/her health dona't let or help your baby grow fat. Ita's nothing healthy about your child being overweight. The health fraternity fears as Americans are failing to shed that plump in their...
Even though consumer spending on diet products is forecast to increase to grow a further 20 per cent, to US$54bn in 2009, American waistline is getting bigger, according to a new report from market analyst Datamonitor.
In terms of both proportion of the...
Good news not only for the overweight concerned people but also those who are worried and confused with the prolonged treatments for weight-loss. The weight-loss medication rimonabant, has miraculously produced modest yet sustained weight loss after 2...
The third new chemical entity from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd is expected to be filed for phase I trial in May. It's an obesity drug. It is to evaluate the drug's safety profile and safe dosage range, the phase I trials involve the exposure of the...
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