Doctor Wants Weight-Loss Programs Funded
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INDIANAPOLIS - A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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Models should provide medical certificates proving they are not suffering eating disorders, inquiry says.
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Sufferers are being lured by faddish diets from private clinics, doctors say.
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A Nottingham GP is hoping a new taskforce will stop obesity in the UK from spiralling out of control. National Obesity Forum president Dr Ian Campbell says the new group will harness a wide range of expertise.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Insurance companies should fund programs to help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling to try to curb increasing health costs related to obesity, a doctor said.
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Sorry, diet devotees calorie counters and carb cutters: Scientists say there&#39;s no proof that popular weight-loss programs help keep the pounds off.
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One area physician wishes his patients would call to seek his advice before going cold turkey when it comes to three widely prescribed arthritis medications - Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex.
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Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says the guide was developed after many consumers complained to his office that it was hard to get their health insurance to cover weight-loss treatments.
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NHS patients are to be offered a fitness and diet plan to improve national health, according to a newspaper.
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Liposuction may sound an easy way to lose weight but scientists warn a healthy diet is needed to keep it off.
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Seeing low fees for family doctors as a weak link in the nationâs health care system, some big employers and health insurers are seeking new ways to pay doctors to reward high-quality medical care.
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As insurers across the nation consider increasing coverage of medical weight-loss treatments, a Medicare advisory committee on Thursday will examine data on bariatric weight-loss surgery to determine whether CMS should expand coverage of the surgery as a
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Seeking to close the state budget gap, Gov. George E. Pataki will propose at least $1 billion in spending cuts to Medicaid.
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WASHINGTON: Surgical treatment of obesity appears to be an effective way to promote weight loss and heal related disorders, according to a report published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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On a mission to cure the disease that claimed his wife 21 years ago, business guru Lee Iacocca is urging ordinary Americans to each donate a few bucks to back promising juvenile diabetes research in Boston.
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By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Gather together some diners who are trying to lose weight, then sit back and listen to the debate.    Almost anyone who's on a diet -- or at least one that's working -- is convinced his or her plan is the best...
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ALBANY, NY The state is releasing a guide to insurance coverage of obesity treatment today. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says the guide was developed after many consumers complained to his office that it