Weight-loss drug helped shed pounds, tummy fat
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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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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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NEW YORK  - A drug approved for the treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese individuals, Harvard researchers report.
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WASHINGTON -- The government on Wednesday approved over-the-counter sales of the fat-blocking diet pill orlistat, allowing direct sales for the first time of a version of a diet drug that had been available only by prescription.
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PARIS Sanofi-Aventis shares rose Monday after the French-German drugmaker reported a clinical study showing its experimental anti-obesity drug succeeded in helping people lose weight.
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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.
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A drug approved for the  treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of  diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese  individuals, Harvard researchers report.
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By Natalie Walker  A CHEMICAL found in seaweed could help banish the beer belly, say scientists.  Researchers in Japan have found that a type of brown kelp, known as wakame, contains a substance that triggers weight loss around the gut.
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AN Australian company has developed the first weight-loss pill that kick-starts the human body&#39;s metabolism to help people burn fat without the need for strict diets or exercise.
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Exercising after meals can help promote weight loss by boosting appetite-suppressing hormones, say scientists.
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NEW YORK  - Obese subjects ate nearly 1,000 fewer calories per day when they injected pramlintide, a drug approved for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes, before every meal, a new study shows.
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Scientists believe that a gut hormone could explain why high protein diets can aid weight loss.
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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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[Health India]: Sydney, Dec 14 : Forget torturous exercises and sweaty workouts, as popping a pill is the latest mantra for loosing weight.
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The FDA has appoved a drug called alli, the first diet pill that can be bought without a prescription
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A drug that blocks a cellular pathway involved in cravings could help people quit smoking and lose weight. That&#39;s the promise of experts who announced the results of a trial at the European Society of Cardiology&#39;s
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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.