Kirstie Alley getting a weight loss reality show
Thu, 5/11/09 – 23:30 | No Comment

A&E, the cable network that is slowly becoming no arts nor entertainment, has signed on another tabloid favorite celebrity to bare her life for the camera.
Kirstie Alley will join the network’s neverending list of celebrity …

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Vivus Gets FDA OK For Qnexa Weight Loss Drug
Fri, 11/09/09 – 6:42 | No Comment

Written by Jamie Stowe

Happy faces were reported in the boardrooms of Vivus after its experimental weight loss medication reached American FDA guidelines and rules in two individual human clinical trials. The shares in the company Vivus increased by over 80 percent at one point on the Nasdaq Stock Market when the news was announced.

Vivus Gets FDA OK For Qnexa Weight Loss Drug

The new weight loss medication Qnexa was examined in two separate year long studies using a placebo controlled format. In one of the studies over 2/3 of those taking the Qnexa lost five percent of their body weight whereas only seventeen percent of those who were given the placebo tablets did the same. In the other clinical trial 70 percent of those who took the Qnexa lost more than five percent of their body weight compared with only 21 percent of those given the placebo tablets. These results are encouraging and Vivus said that they were hoping to get permission to sell Qnexa by the end of 2009.

Qnexa could be a blockbuster weight loss medication and analysts have even speculated that sales could run into the hundreds of millions every year. The drug would be targeted at those individuals who suffer from diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure as a result of their chronic weight problems.

Vivus put out a statement saying that the study had not only helped people to lose weight but had also resulted in ‘significant improvements’ in a whole list of metabolic risk factors such as hypertension, elevated cholesterol levels and type 2 diabetes. They also said that the trial had showed the drug to be very safe as well as effective.

Vivus is likely to soon initiate commercial discussions with some of the big players in the pharmaceutical industry in order to promote and market their new drug.

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Stretching for the perfect body?
Tue, 14/07/09 – 1:59 | No Comment
Stretching for the perfect body?

by KALPANA SHARMA(TOI)
A recent study has claimed that stretching before a work-out is not of any use. While gym instructors make it a mandatory cycle to stretch body parts before exercising, this study has raised …

Weight-loss strategy for bride and groom
Tue, 2/06/09 – 2:14 | No Comment
Weight-loss strategy for bride and groom

By Mitch Felipe

MANILA, Philippines – It has been a practice of busy women preparing for their wedding to eat less and neglect exercise. If you resort to starvation, you’d regain the weight during …

Middle age spread link to frailty
Wed, 27/05/09 – 3:02 | No Comment
Middle age spread link to frailty

By Emma Wilkinson ,Health reporter, BBC News

People who are overweight or obese in middle-age run the risk of being frail in later life, say Finnish researchers.
A study of more than 1,000 men found the highest …

Calories Count in Weight Loss
Wed, 13/05/09 – 6:10 | No Comment
Calories Count in Weight Loss

The Diet Composition Comparison Study By G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN
When I saw the headlines and heard the news reports about a new study that concluded diet doesn’t matter as long as the calories …

Weight-Loss Tips You’ve Never Heard Before
Tue, 12/05/09 – 0:16 | No Comment
Weight-Loss Tips You’ve Never Heard Before

Avoid snacking when you get home from work by distracting yourself for at least 15 minutes. As if you needed an excuse to hop on Facebook.
Instead of guzzling several high-cal drinks when you’re out for …

Research: More sleep can lead to weight loss
Tue, 28/04/09 – 3:18 | No Comment

By Ed Yeates

SALT LAKE CITY — Grandma told us “Early to bed, early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise!” But should we now add “makes one lose weight” to the old saying as …

Two over-the-counter pills which can help you shed the pounds go on sale this week
Mon, 20/04/09 – 0:22 | No Comment
Two over-the-counter pills which can help you shed the pounds go on sale this week

By Fiona Macrae
Two over-the-counter diet pills that can help women rapidly drop a dress size will go on sale this week.
The first helps slimmers lose 50 per cent more weight than through willpower alone, by …

Weight-loss surgery boosts sex life
Tue, 14/04/09 – 0:12 | No Comment
Weight-loss surgery boosts sex life

Does weight-loss surgery boost a patient’s sex life or libido? Yes, it does, especially when he is suffering from obesity-related erectile dysfunction or ED.
Obese men with ED have low levels of testosterone, and lower still …

Weight-loss surgery cuts diabetes risk, us fertility
Mon, 13/04/09 – 0:33 | No Comment
Weight-loss surgery cuts diabetes risk, us fertility

For people considering weight loss surgery, the operation can offer significant health benefits ranging from reversal of Type 2 diabetes to
Weight-loss surgery
Weight-loss surgery cuts diabetes risk, improves fertility (Getty Images)
improving fertility and increasing an individual’s …

Want a hot body and tight booty?
Sat, 11/04/09 – 4:01 | No Comment
Want a hot body and tight booty?

by Carol Bardelli (www.examiner.com)
What makes a body sexy? What gets your booty tight? Whether you’re male or female the answer is the same. Lean muscle and low body fat equals sexy.
How do you get a …

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