Recent News & Comments About treatments for obesity
Brain rewiring offers slim hope for obesity epidemic
Weight-loss surgery helps people to think thin, which could open the door to new and gentler drug treatments for obesity
Arena shares soar as experts recommend approval for obesity drug
Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc nearly doubled in value after a panel of experts recommended approval of the company's obesity pill, a big step towards making it the first new diet drug on the U.S. ...
A Systems Approach to Solving America's Obesity Problem
Americans know they are fat. A staggering two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese, hampering the overall productivity and health of the nation. Obesity-related illness treatments cost an estimated $190.2 billion annually, for example, which is 21 percent of annual medical spending in the United??States. Researchers project ...
Arena obesity pill wins over U.S. advisers
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - An experimental obesity pill from Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc won the support of U.S. advisers on Thursday, as public health advocates push for new solutions to the nation's growing obesity epidemic. A panel of outside experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted 18 to 4 to recommend approval of lorcaserin, bringing the drug a step closer to U.S. approval ...
Acute need for more effective treatments for pediatric obesity
With nearly one-third of American children being overweight or obese, doctors agree that there is an acute need for more effective treatments. In many weight management programs, the dropout rate can be as high as 73 percent, and even in successful programs, the benefits are usually short term.
Farmington Hills Clinic Fighting Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Clinical studies under way now at the Michigan Institute of Neurological Disorders and the Quest Research Institute may lead to improved treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Research May Point to New Obesity Treatments
SUNDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists who found a way to make white fat behave more like brown fat say their discovery could lead to new obesity treatments.
HCG Treatments Announces New Diet Plan Utilizing a Prescription Diet Pill and Doctor Personalization of the Weight ...
HCG Treatments team of doctors and nutritionists announce their newly created prescription diet pill and personalized doctor-supervised weight loss action plans for their patients. Their weight loss programs gently detoxify the body and raise metabolism which in turn will cause natural yet quick weight loss.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 HCG Treatments created a new weight loss plan that ...
Obesity in the Workplace: A Disability You Must Accommodate?
(5/15) By Kristine E. Kwong, Esq, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP One of the fastest-growing challenges in handling disabilities in the workplace is the concern over how to respond to obesity. Weight related diseases account for nearly ten percent of medical spending, everything from heart disease treatments to diabetes medications. Ultimately, these medical conditions will manifest itself in the ...
New Inflammation Hormone Link May Pave Way to Study New Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes
A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found.
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