Anti-Obesity Drug Might Also Lower Cholesterol
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WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study in rats suggests that the anti-obesity drug rimonabant may also reduce liver damage and improve cholesterol levels.
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Merck has obtained rights to license an experimental anti-obesity drug that is based on a hormone the body uses to signal that it has eaten enough.
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A compound used by blueberries and  grapes to fight off fungal infections could help lower  cholesterol, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A compound in blueberries appears to be as effective at lowering cholesterol as a commercial drug, with fewer side effects, according to a new study using cells from rat livers.
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Diabetics can prevent heart disease and  live longer by taking the anti-cholesterol drug Atorvastatin,  even if they do not have particularly high cholesterol levels,  a study published on Friday said.
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A compound used by blueberries and grapes to fight off fungal infections could help lower cholesterol, US researchers reported on Tuesday.
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New data are due out on a promising cholesterol drug. But there are doubters.
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Taking one drug to raise "good" cholesterol and one to lower bad cholesterol can slow the progression of heart disease more effectively than either medicine alone, a new study has found.
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A compound used by blueberries and grapes to fight off fungal infections could help lower cholesterol, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Metabolic Pharmaceuticals, an Australian biotech group announced Monday that its new weight-loss drug, known as AOD9604 appears to help overweight people to burn fat and does not have any apparent side effects.
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A NEW &quot;miracle&quot; drug for obesity could prove central to the fortunes of manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis, if the French company is successful in bringing it to the market.
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Drugs to raise so-called good cholesterol may still have a future despite the widely publicized failure last year of an experimental cholesterol treatment from Pfizer, researchers said.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a small study  published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that  the epilepsy drug topiramate may provide long-term benefits for  people with binge-eating disorder and obesity.
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Blueberries, already the darlings of the fruit world for their potential disease-fighting ability, may have yet another compound to help lower cholesterol.
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Scientists have developed a speedy way to monitor the effectiveness of cholesterol-reducing statin drugs.
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erck &amp; Company has obtained rights to license an experimental drug to treat obesity that has generated scientific interest because it is based on a hormone used by the body to signal that it has eaten enough.
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Cholesterol-regulating statin drugs slightly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with no history of cardiovascular disease but may do little to reduce their risk of death, a new analysis concluded on Monday.