Many Gaps in Fast-Food Nutrition Information

TUESDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) — Even when fast-food restaurants list calorie counts for menu items, diners may still have a hard time using the information to make healthy meal choices, researchers report.

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Clamor for obesity pill may test FDA limits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. drug regulators may have a hard time stopping millions of overweight Americans from taking a new obesity drug that many are likely to view as a miracle pill for slimming waistlines, despite its safety risks. Regulators and doctors are hoping they can limit the pill, called Qnexa, to only those patients that need it most, helping fight the nation’s obesity epidemic while avoiding exposing people to unnecessary risks of birth defects and heart problems. …

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Clamor for obesity pill may test FDA limits (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. drug regulators may have a hard time stopping millions of overweight Americans from taking a new obesity drug that many are likely to view as a miracle pill for slimming waistlines, despite its safety risks.

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Analysis: Clamor for obesity pill may test FDA limits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. drug regulators may have a hard time stopping millions of overweight Americans from taking a new obesity drug that many are likely to view as a miracle pill for slimming waistlines, despite its safety risks. Regulators and doctors are hoping they can limit the pill, called Qnexa, to only those patients that need it most, helping fight the nation’s obesity epidemic while avoiding exposing people to unnecessary risks of birth defects and heart problems. …

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Analysis: Clamor for obesity pill may test FDA limits (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. drug regulators may have a hard time stopping millions of overweight Americans from taking a new obesity drug that many are likely to view as a miracle pill for slimming waistlines, despite its safety risks.

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Analysis: Clamor for obesity pill may test FDA limits
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World Chefs: New cookbook spills the beans … on beans

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Award-winning cookbook author Crescent Dragonwagon knows a lot about beans — all kinds of beans, and how to use them to create everything from soups and salads to stews and curries and even cookies and ice cream. Her latest cookbook, “Bean by Bean,” contains 175 recipes for meat and vegetarian meals, as well as the basics about different beans and their origins, and selecting, preparing, cooking and storing them. …

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Qnexa Anti-Obesity Drug a Poor Substitute for Diet, Exercise (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | The Food and Drug Administration has approved the anti-obesity drug Qnexa for weight loss. Qnexa, an anticonvulsant plus appetite suppressant cocktail, has risks, says the LA Times. The FDA says being fat is a bigger threat to health than those issues, though.

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Fat cat’s weight loss challenge makes Tiny an international celebrity

FREDERICTON – Losing weight is hard enough, but try doing it with the world watching and when you’d rather be dreaming of mice.

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Fat cat’s weight loss challenge makes Tiny an international celebrity

Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients

FRIDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) — Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, a new study warns.

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Contraceptives Work Well in Obese Women, But Hormone Levels Lower (HealthDay)

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) — Hormonal contraceptives appear to thwart pregnancy just as well in overweight and obese women as those of normal weight despite markedly lower pregnancy-prevention hormone levels among heavier females, a group of reproductive experts said.

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