Judge tosses suit of Florida man on Atkins diet
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A New York federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company behind the Atkins low-carb diet that he alleged caused his cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an angioplasty.
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The Atkins diet is more effective on men than women, according to the results of a University of Connecticut study. \\. A third of the 15 men on the low carbohydrate diet lost more than 10lbs with one participant
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A man who weighed 558 pounds when a Missouri judge prevented him from adopting a child he and his wife had taken into their home underwent gastric bypass surgery Friday in a bid to win the child back.
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The Florida Supreme Court threw out a state law Thursday that saved the life of a Tampa woman who has been in a permanent vegetative state for 14 years.
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Danish researchers have claimed that the Atkins diet works because it is very boring and the dullness of the diet is a likely explanation for why it helps people lose weight.
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By MICHAEL MELIA SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A high-calorie diet combined with life in the cell block - almost around the clock in some cases - is making detainees at Guantanamo Bay fat.
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A Guantanamo prisoner who won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June lost a legal challenge over his detention on Wednesday when a federal judge dismissed the case, citing an anti-terrorism law recently signed by President George W. Bush.
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The name Atkins is becoming more popular in the under-30s crowd than the newest rhythm and blues band. The Atkins Diet works by drastically reducing the amount of carbohydrates in meals.
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Unhappy customers who sued "Dr. Phil" McGraw over his now discontinued Shape Up! diet plan have reached a $10.5 million settlement agreement with the TV psychologist, an attorney for the plaintiffs said.
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By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jan. 31--A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit brought by a former Grand Forks man against two police officers and two jail administrators after a violent struggle with law enforcement after a standoff in May 2004.
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A judge has dismissed part of a $2 million lawsuit by Beach Boy Mike Love that claims ex-bandmate Al Jardine illegally used the name of the surf-music kings.
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The company behind the Atkins Diet on Friday shrugged off a recent decline in interest in low-carb diets as a seasonal blip, and its marketing chief said consumers
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The husband of a severely brain-damaged  woman won a Florida Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that could  allow him to remove his wife's feeding tube and let her die,  against her parents' wishes.
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A federal judge who once struck down Georgia's voter identification law has approved a revised version, dismissing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the state from enforcing the statute.
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The pounds may fall off in the first few months but the Atkins diet does not help people lose weight in the long term and it may be dangerous, according to a scientific review of research.
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The company behind the Atkins Diet on Friday shrugged off a recent decline in interest in low-carb diets as a seasonal blip, and its marketing chief said consumers would cut out starchy foods again after picking up pounds over the holidays.
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A bitter legal battle over whether  the husband of a brain-damaged woman should be allowed to  remove her feeding tube against the wishes of her parents  reached the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.