Anti-Obesity Pill Might Fight Drug Abuse
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A pill that helps you lose weight and quit smoking? That was amazing enough to capture headlines last week. But scientists say the experimental drug might be even more versatile, providing a new tool to help people stop abusing drugs and alcohol, too.
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It might be possible to make a pill  that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer's disease,  U.S. researchers said Thursday.
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A pill that helps you lose weight and quit smoking? That was amazing enough to capture headlines this past week. But scientists say the experimental drug might be even more versatile, providing a new tool
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To the morbidly obese, a sniff is worth a thousand bites. So says Compellis Pharmaceuticals, a Somerville start-up that believes it has a breakthrough product to prevent overeating: a nasal spray that turns off smell receptors inside the nose.
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NEW ORLEANS Nov 9, 2004 - An experimental pill that offers the fairy-tale promise of helping people lose weight and quit smoking has gathered even more stardust.
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Chilean scientists have made a  discovery in the brains of rats that they say may help treat  drug addiction and ease the side effects of some medications.
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When the weight-loss drug  sibutramine, marketed under the brand names Meridia or  Reductil, is used to treat obesity in adolescents, it is  associated with small decreases in blood pressure and pulse  rate, according to a new study.
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An experimental anti-obesity drug was shown to help people lose weight in the first year, and keep it off in the second, researchers said Tuesday.
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In a search for what could be the ultimate cure for drug addiction, scientists have developed a vaccine which prevents the body from getting high.
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A drug to lower blood sugar could also help prevent type 2 diabetes.
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A new obesity wonder drug, Acomplia (rimonabant), makes patients lose 10% of their body weight, according to clinical trials carried out by Sanofi-Aventis, the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world.
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NEW YORK  - A single dose of Ritalin appears to dampen adults' taste for calories and fat -- suggesting, researchers say, that the ADHD drug should be studied as a weight-loss medication.
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NEW YORK  - The epilepsy drug vigabatrin  appears to be safe for the treatment of cocaine or  methamphetamine dependence, new study results suggest.
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A recently approved anti-smoking medication could also serve to repress an alcoholic&#39;s desire for drink, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California-San Francisco.
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NEW YORK  - The prescription weight-loss  drug orlistat helps obese adults shed pounds and lower their  cholesterol levels -- including those with diabetes or other  risk factors for heart disease, according to a research review.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Japanese researchers have discovered a naturally occurring molecule that suppresses appetite in mammals, raising hopes that it might one day treat obesity in humans.
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Dieters got a new tool Wednesday to help them take off the extra pounds &#151; the first government-approved nonprescription diet pill. The Food and Drug Administration said the fat-blocking weight-loss pill orlistat, which has been available by prescription, can be sold in a reduced-strength version over the counter.