Feds crack down on homeopathic weight loss remedy
USA Today
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY The government is cracking down on companies that sell popular over-the-counter weight-loss products containing the hormone HCG. HCG products are mostly sold over the Internet, so it’s difficult to track sales. …
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Fight or Flight May Hold Key to Weight Loss
MedPage Today
By Kurt Ullman, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity and sympathetic nerve activity following an oral glucose challenge both independently predicted successful weight loss in 42 previously untreated overweight …
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Jonah Hill weight loss highlighted as he poses next to old picture of his …
Daily Mail
By Georgina Littlejohn He left Hollywood and his fans stunned when he unveiled his dramatic weight loss at the beginning of the year and has continued to shed the pounds. And the extent of Jonah Hill’s dieting was made all too clear last night when the …
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LA Bariatrics Predicts Innovative Weight Loss Surgery to Expand
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
LA Bariatrics, a leading weight loss program in Los Angeles, is preparing to perform more gastric sleeve surgeries in 2012. LA Bariatrics, a local bariatric practice, is planning to expand its use of a cutting-edge development in weight-loss surgery, …
See all stories on this topic »Weight Loss and Effects on Diabetes with Qnexa Treatment Results Presented at …
PR Newswire (press release)
The presentation highlighted excess weight loss, improvement of glycemic parameters in diabetic patients with a BMI>35 and effects on diabetes status. This is the first World Diabetes Congress to be organized in the Middle East and North Africa Region …
See all stories on this topic »Physical fitness, not weight loss, key to longevity
Times of India
Being physically fit is more important than losing weight, when it comes to reducing death risks, a new study has suggested. In a study of 14345 adult men, mostly white and middle or upper class, researchers found that maintaining or improving fitness …
See all stories on this topic »The biggest myth in fitness and weight loss
Kansas City Star
This year American researchers looked at the past 10 years of research on “cardio” (technically aerobic exercise) and found, “isolated aerobic exercise is not an effective weight loss therapy.” The idea that aerobic exercise (like long distance …
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Extra weight loss from dietary fibers extracted from seaweed
PhysOrg.com
The 80 subjects who completed the study achieved a far larger weight loss with alginate treatment than those drinking a similar drink without alginates. On average, the subjects in the seaweed fibre drink group lost 1.7 kg more than those in the …
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SEQUEL Trial Results for Qnexa® Published in AJCN Show 10% Sustained Weight …
PR Newswire (press release)
In addition to 10% sustained weight loss, the study also found that significantly more placebo patients became diabetic over the two years as compared to patients treated with Qnexa. The data suggest that Qnexa, in conjunction with lifestyle …
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Cutting carbs just 2 days a week can spur weight loss
msnbc.com
By Linda Carroll Dieters who can’t stomach the idea of going hungry seven days a week just got good news: You might be able to drop more weight if you cut back on carbs just two days a week. British researchers found that women who essentially gave up …
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