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85 Health - Diet and Weight Loss Resources
4 Keys to Weight Loss Success
Successful "losers" share four factors in their ability to take weight off and keep it off.
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60% of Bariatric Patients Keep Weight Off
But Eating Problems Such as Bingeing and Night Eating Linger for More Than Half of Bariatric Patients, Study Finds
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90% in U.S. Get Too Much Salt; 5 Foods Blamed
CDC: Average American Gets Twice Recommended Sodium Intake
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Added Sugar Increases Heart Risks
Eating a lot of sugar not only makes you fat. It may also increase a person's risk for heart disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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AMRI initiates enrollment for Phase I study of ALB-127158 for obesity
AMRI has commenced enrollment for a Phase I study of ALB-127158(a), a novel MCH1 receptor antagonist offering a potential new approach for the treatment of obesity. The announcement was made yesterday during a presentation by AMRI's Dr. Peter Guzzo, director, discovery research and development, at the 6th Obesity and Diabetes Drug Development Summit in Arlington, VA. Preclinical data were also reported.
View SourceJuly 21, 2010Provides Information
Anemia following surgery for morbid obesity
A research team from United States evaluated the long-term heath issues of patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery. They found menstruating females and patients with peptic ulcer disease are at greatest risk of developing anemia following gastric bypass surgery.
View SourceApril 19, 2010Provides Information
Anti-Obesity Pill Swells in Your Stomach, Making You Full Before You Even Start Eating
It’s no secret that obesity is a growing problem for Americans. Our kids are growing larger, our rates of diabetes and heart disease show no signs of retreating, and our military is worried that the next generation of warfighters will be too big and sluggish to get the job done. But Boston-based Gelesis has engineered a complex obesity solution that works by a simple mechanism: take a pill, become full, eat less.
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Arrowhead Interested in Obesity-Fighting Technology from MD Anderson Cancer Center
Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced that it has signed an option agreement with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to negotiate a license in a defined field to a class of compounds that is believed to kill fat tissue by specifically targeting the blood vessels that supply it. The technology was developed in the laboratory of Drs. Renata Pasqualini and Wadih Arap at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. Arrowhead sees the technology platform as an attractive candidate around which to form a new majority-owned subsidiary to steer the technology through clinical development.
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Bad cholesterol: It’s not what you think
It's time to rethink the halo-and-pitchfork view of our blood fat levels
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Brown Rice vs. White Rice: Which Is Better?
Replacing White Rice With Brown Rice Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
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Childhood obesity interventions must begin early, experts say
To be a truly comprehensive and successful anti-obesity program, First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign must include interventions that target pregnant women, infants, and pre-school-age children, UCSF experts say.
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Cutting fat -- and calories -- from cakes and frostings
Delicious new cakes and frostings may someday contain less fat and fewer calories, thanks to work by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists such as Mukti Singh. She's based at the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Ill.
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DASH Diet Fuels the Brain
Following DASH Diet Improves Brain Activity in Overweight Adults
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Diet Quality Worsens as Alcohol Intake Increases
People who drink more are also likely to eat less fruit and consume more calories from a combination of alcoholic beverages and foods high in unhealthy fats and added sugars, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Dieting alone may not help stave off type 2 diabetes; muscle mass, strength important
low skeletal muscle mass and strength — is often found in obese people and older adults; it has been hypothesized that sarcopenia puts individuals at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.
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DietingPlans.com
Our mission is to provide the best dieting and fitness plans to consumers worldwide, allowing them to reach their health and fitness goals through long-term healthy solutions.
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'Dirty dozen' produce carries more pesticide residue, group says
If you're eating non-organic celery today, you may be ingesting 67 pesticides with it, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group.
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Exercise counters negative effects of weight regain, researchers find
With the obesity rate rising for American adults and children, health concerns such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are a frequent reality. Although obesity itself is a major risk factor for disease, most of the threat may be associated with a cluster of risk factors called the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Losing weight can improve health and reduce these risk factors, but many people have difficulty keeping the weight off. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that exercising during weight regain can maintain improvements in metabolic health and disease risk.
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Face the Fat
Do you know everything you need to know to make healthy fat choices?
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Fat Distribution Plays a Role in Weight Loss Success in Patients at Risk of Diabetes
Why is it that some people lose weight and body fat when they exercise and eat less and others don't? German researchers say MRI and magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy can provide the answer -- and help predict who will benefit from lifestyle changes. Results of the study are published online and will appear in the November issue of the journal Radiology.
View SourceAugust 26, 2010Provides Information
Feds Hope Veggie Discount Will Stimulate Healthy Eating for Low-Income Families
Your parents always told you to eat your vegetables. But if French fries are cheaper than potatoes, cream of mushroom soup is cheaper than portobellos, and a medium pizza is a better buy than a caprese salad, the veggies you can afford might not be so fresh and crunchy.
View SourceAugust 19, 2010Provides Information
Fructose sugar makes maturing human fat cells fatter, less insulin-sensitive
Fructose, the sugar widely used as high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks and processed foods, often gets some of the blame for the widespread rise in obesity. Now a laboratory study has found that when fructose is present as children's fat cells mature, it makes more of these cells mature into fat cells in belly fat and less able to respond to insulin in both belly fat and fat located below the skin.
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Gastric Balloons May Aid Weight Loss
Balloon Approach Helps Pre-obese and Obese Patients Shed Pounds in 2 Studies
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Getting Fat? Blame the Kids
Americans with children aged 18 years or younger are less likely to exercise and more likely to be overweight or obese, according to a new report.
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Globesity: 60 Million Chinese Are Obese
Rising affluence has made about 60 million Chinese — equal to the population of France — obese.
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Got 9 extra pounds of ab fat? Read this
There's no gentle way to put this, so I'll just come out with the cold, hard message from the Mayo Clinic this week: Letting even a small amount of weight creep onto our abs increases the risk for coronary artery disease and cardiovascular events, and furthermore, should not be considered a normal part of aging.
View SourceAugust 18, 2010Provides Information
Grapes reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, animal study shows
Could eating grapes slow what's for many Americans a downhill sequence of high blood pressure and insulin resistance leading to heart disease and type 2 diabetes?
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Helping an Obese Teen Lose Weight
Our reader's daughter has already lost 90 pounds -- and wants to lose 25 more. What's a mom to do?
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Here’s the Skinny: Americans Getting Fatter
Adult Obesity Problem Not Getting Any Better, Despite Publicity About Its Health Toll, Survey Finds
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High-Sugar Diet Linked to Cholesterol
Added Sugars in Diet Triple Risk of Having Low Level of 'Good' Cholesterol
View SourceApril 20, 2010Provides Information
How the brain decides what to eat
Having a balanced diet is a vital concern to all living organisms, not only humans. Animals choose between different food sources according to their nutritional needs. In a study just published in the journal Current Biology, Carlos Ribeiro, group leader in the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (Portugal), and Barry Dickson, at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (Austria), provide the first indication of the genes and brain circuits involved in this decision process, in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, opening the way for understanding feeding decisions in other organisms, from the malaria-carrying mosquito to humans.
View SourceMay 13, 2010Provides Information
How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Learn the lifestyle changes that can get rid of your type 2 diabetes.
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Intestinal bacteria drive obesity and metabolic disease in immune-altered mice
Increased appetite and insulin resistance can be transferred from one mouse to another via intestinal bacteria, according to research being published online this week by Science magazine.
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IOM, UIC to convene regional meeting to discuss rising rates of diabetes, obesity in the U.S
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies will convene a regional meeting on Sept. 21 at the University of Illinois at Chicago to discuss the rapidly rising rates of diabetes and obesity in the U.S.
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'Lap-band' weight loss surgery in very obese adults improves mental health
One year after weight loss surgery with laparoscopic gastric banding, extremely obese adults demonstrate not only better physical health but also improved psychological health, a new study shows. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
View SourceJune 21, 2010Provides Information
Less is more when restraining calories boosts immunity
Scientists funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) found that volunteers who followed a low-calorie diet or a very low-calorie diet not only lost weight, but also significantly enhanced their immune response. The study may be the first to demonstrate the interaction between calorie restriction and immune markers among humans.
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Lose Weight: Eat Breakfast
Studies show making breakfast a daily habit can help you lose weight - and keep it off.
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Lose weight fast for lasting results, study says
Shedding more than 1.5 pounds a week best for keeping it off
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Losing 10 pounds could boost your immunity
Excess abdominal fat linked to chronic inflammation, heart disease
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Low-calorie sweeteners reduce caloric intake, weight
A new study published in the August 2010 journal, Appetite, further demonstrates that people who consume low-calorie sweeteners are able to significantly reduce their caloric intake and do not overeat.
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Low-carb diet beats low-fat on 'good' cholesterol
But both diets found to be equally effective in helping people lose weight
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Lower Levels of 'Rotten Egg' Gas (Hydrogen Sulfide) in Blood Linked to Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Poorer Circulation
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have for the first time identified a link between blood levels of the gas hydrogen sulfide (a gas more commonly associated with the smell of rotten eggs), obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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Medical Journal Says Diet Pill Meridia Is 'Flawed'
Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
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Michelle Obama's Plan to End Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Goal: Cut Child Obesity From 20% to 5% by 2030
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Mrs. Obama on childhood obesity
More than one third of American children are obese and barely reach adulthood before they are plagued by Type II Diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and heart disease.
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Muscle gene may provide new treatments for obesity and diabetes
Skeletal muscle enables us to walk, run or play a musical instrument, but it also plays a crucial role in controlling disease. Rockefeller University scientists have now shown how a specific molecule in skeletal muscle regulates energy expenditure, a finding that may lead to new treatments for certain muscle diseases as well as diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
View SourceJuly 27, 2010Provides Information
MyPyramid Tracker
MyPyramid Tracker is an online dietary and physical activity assessment tool that provides information on your diet quality, physical activity status, related nutrition messages, and links to nutrient and physical activity information.
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New evidence that fat cells are not just dormant storage depots for calories
Scientists are reporting new evidence that the fat tissue in those spare tires and lower belly pooches — far from being a dormant storage depot for surplus calories — is an active organ that sends chemical signals to other parts of the body, perhaps increasing the risk of heart attacks, cancer, and other diseases.
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New research suggests choosing different fruits and vegetables may increase phytonutrient intake
Topping that bowl of cereal with raspberries instead of strawberries, or sautéing kale instead of spinach for dinner can boost phytonutrient intake, which may help decrease risk for certain chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.
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Novel MC4R agonist exhibits potential as new treatment for obesity, diabetes
Rhythm, a biotechnology company developing peptide therapeutics for metabolic diseases, today announced a study of obese primates treated with RM-493 showing a reversal of obesity and insulin resistance, and improvement in both heart rate and blood pressure. RM-493 is a novel peptide agonist targeting the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) that is a clinical candidate for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
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Nutrition education at WIC influences participants to consume more healthful foods
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, about half of U.S. children between birth and age 5 receive services from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). With more than 8.2 million low-income women and children receiving services in 2009 alone, it is imperative that nutrition education, which is required as part of the WIC services, effectively encourages healthful eating.
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Obese 3-year-olds show early warning signs for future heart disease
A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that obese children as young as 3 years old have elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation that in adults is considered an early warning sign for possible future heart disease.
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Obesity as protection against metabolic syndrome, not its cause
The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome -- insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke -- are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are.
View SourceMarch 8, 2010Provides Information
Obesity epidemic may be flattening out - but no time for complacency say experts
The prevalence of childhood obesity might be stabilising in developed countries, but there is still much to be done to combat this major threat to health, according to a Seminar co-authored by Professor Debbie Lawlor of the Department of Social Medicine in an upcoming issue of The Lancet.
View SourceMay 6, 2010Provides Information
Obesity limits body's ability to fight infections
Obesity may limit the body's ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, by inhibiting the immune system's ability to "remember" how it fought off previous similar bouts of illness, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
View SourceMarch 16, 2010Provides Information
Obesity Rate Swells in 28 States
No. 1 Ranking Goes to Mississippi, Where 33.8% of Adults Are Obese
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Obesity remains an economic issue, Seattle obesity study finds
Ensuring access to healthy, affordable foods is a top priority in tackling the obesity epidemic in the United States. Over the course of the last six months, the Institute of Medicine, United States Department of Agriculture, The White House and First Lady Michelle Obama have taken an interest in improving access to affordable and nutritious foods.
View SourceMay 24, 2010Provides Information
One high-fat diet, two different outcomes: The path to obesity becomes clearer
Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? This question has long baffled scientists, but a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides a simple explanation: weight is set before birth in the developing brain.
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Organic food can sabotage diet and weight-loss
While organic food may contain fewer, if any, pesticides and additives, consumers mistakenly believe it also has fewer calories, say researchers at the University of Michigan.
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OTA calls on USDA and HHS to revise draft Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) today called on the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health & Human Services (HHS) to encourage those seeking to minimize their exposure to toxic chemicals to look for the USDA Organic label wherever they shop by revising the draft Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.
View SourceJuly 9, 2010Provides Information
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Putting focus on immediate health effects may improve weight loss success
Most weight loss programs try to motivate individuals with warnings of the long-term health consequences of obesity: increased risk for cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and asthma. New research suggests the immediate health benefits—such as reduced pain—may be the most effective motivator for helping obese individuals shed extra weight and commit to keeping it off.
View SourceAugust 11, 2010Provides Information
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Reducing niacin intake can prevent obesity
A research team from China explored the mechanism underlying niacin's action on glucose metabolism, and the association between the US per capita niacin consumption and the obesity prevalence in the US. They found there is a close correlation between the niacin consumption and the obesity prevalence in the US population. The increased obesity prevalence in the US children in the past three decades may be to a large extent of a niacin fortification-related event.
View SourceMay 20, 2010Provides Information
Reducing obesity: UCI surgeons find bariatric surgery safer, gastric bypass most effective
Bariatric surgery is an increasingly popular way to treat morbid obesity. More than 170,000 Americans undergo the surgery each year, 10 times more than in the mid-1990s.
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Registered dietitians play essential role in management of gastric bypass patients
More than one third of Americans are considered obese and approximately 15 million (5%) Americans now have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40. The April issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association focuses on the ever-increasing use of bariatric surgery to control the excess morbidity and mortality associated with extreme obesity and the important role that registered dietitians play in the management of patients who have undergone the procedure.
View SourceApril 12, 2010Provides Information
Researchers identify protein that modulates metabolic dysfunction in obesity
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that Sfrp5, which refers to secreted frizzled-related protein 5, is an anti-inflammatory adipokine whose expression is disrupted in animal models of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The findings, which currently appear on-line in Science, may provide a new way of targeting metabolic disease, specifically obesity.
View SourceJune 17, 2010Provides Information
Researchers: Seaweed Holds Key to Fighting Obesity
Seaweed could be the answer to the obesity epidemic, potentially reducing the body's fat retention by more than 75 percent.
View SourceMarch 22, 2010Provides Information
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Salt Shakeup: No Need to Regulate What Our Bodies Already Control
Yesterday the Institute of Medicine issued an official report claiming that Americans consume too much salt and urging that new government standards be established for "acceptable sodium content" in foods. Two UC Davis nutrition experts disagree.
View SourceApril 22, 2010Provides Information
School Lunches Linked to Kids' Obesity
Study Shows Kids Who Bring Lunch From Home Are Less Likely to Be Overweight
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Small soda taxes don’t curb obesity, study finds
Researcher: If taxes were 18 cents on the dollar, U.S. habits may change
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Study finds first clue that links childhood obesity to skeletal fractures
Children at risk for diabetes before they reach puberty also appear to be at risk for weak bones, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
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Study: Obesity Predicts Psoriatic Arthritis
Body Mass Index at Age 18 Helps Determine Who May Develop Psoriatic Arthritis Later in Adulthood, Researchers Say
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Targeting Teens for Gastric Bands
After one patient died and others suffered serious complications following Lap-Band surgery, Dr. Neelu Pal had seen enough. A petite surgical resident now aged 40, she began quietly calling patients about to undergo the weight-loss procedure at New York University's Medical Center, telling them she feared for their safety.
View SourceJuly 27, 2010Provides Information
The Truth About Belly Fat
What's the best way to trim your tummy?
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The Truth About Sugar
Can you get addicted to sugar? Do you need to quit it cold turkey? Here are expert answers.
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U.S. Obesity Task Force Urges Action
Economic incentives to provide inexpensive healthy food and insurance coverage for prevention are among a list of 70 immediate steps that can reduce U.S. childhood obesity, a White House task force recommended in a report on Tuesday.
View SourceMay 11, 2010Provides Information
Understanding the relationship between bacteria and obesity
Research presented today sheds new light on the role bacteria in the digestive tract may play in obesity. The studies, which were presented at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, paint a picture that may be more complex than originally thought.
View SourceMay 26, 2010Provides Information
USTPO awards Melior Discovery Notice of Allowance for type II diabetes and obesity drug candidate
Melior Discovery, Inc. announced today the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) has awarded a Notice of Allowance for a broad patent application covering the Company's use of MLR-1023 for, among other things, the treatment of type II diabetes and obesity. The patent will cover use of MLR-1023 for the treatment of type II diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome, including its use in combination with other compounds and as a component in other drugs.
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Weight Loss Pill Also Lowers Blood Pressure
Qnexa Suppresses Appetite, Lowers Blood Pressure in Study
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Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Pregnancy Problems
Obese Women Who Have Weight Loss Surgery Prior to Pregnancy Have Fewer Complications, Study Shows
View SourceApril 14, 2010Provides Information
Weight-Loss Surgery Significantly Reduces Risk of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
Obese women who have bariatric surgery before getting pregnant are at significantly lower risk for developing dangerous hypertensive disorders during pregnancy than those who don't, according to a study of medical insurance records by Johns Hopkins experts.
View SourceApril 14, 2010Provides Information
When Your Doctor Prescribes Weight Loss
When your health’s at risk, it’s time to get serious.
View SourceAugust 30, 2010Provides Information
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