4 Central Floridians Face Weight Loss Challenge

Posted by j0hn on April 30th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Four Central Floridians are taking steps to shed pounds in WESH 2’s Weight Loss Challenge.
For the next month, the station will follow their ups and downs as they try to lose weight, WESH 2 News reported.
The two diets that will be put to the test are the Atkins Diet and the South […]

Weight-loss surgery for teens to be studied

Posted by j0hn on April 28th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

Amanda Munson, 17, gained confidence and energy as she lost 40 of her 296 pounds after she had weight-loss surgery and saw her diabetes go into remission.
“People have told me I not only look thinner, but I seem to glow — maybe because I’m so much happier,” she said. The 5-foot-5 high school senior from […]

No “Loss” in Weight Loss?

Posted by j0hn on April 24th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

I have been fat for as long as I can remember. Diet after diet, tried and failed. That would be the story of my edible life spelled out in detail. But, it seems I am not alone. A new study confirms, cutting calories and dieting is a “temporary fix.”
Researchers from the University of California, Los […]

Adipex Diet Drug: Short-Term Treatment for Effective Weight Loss

Posted by j0hn on April 22nd, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

With obesity on the rise, various oral treatments are now available in the market. But ‘how to opt for an effective obesity management?’ is the question that prevails in our mind.
Mr. Robert Parker, a senior marketing executive at Online Adipex comments, “Amongst the various medications presented in the market, Adipex diet drug has emerged as […]

Randomized Trial Shows Significantly Greater Weight Loss Through Multifaceted Approach of the Jenny Craig Weight Loss Program Than That Achieved Through Usual Care

Posted by j0hn on April 17th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

At 12 Months, Participants in the Jenny Craig Weight Loss Program Realized an Average Weight Loss of 8% of initial weight (16 lbs), Compared to an Average of 1% (less than 2 lbs) Weight Loss for Those in Control Group SAN DIEGO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — Jenny Craig today announced the 12-month results of a […]

Xenical and Galling Media Coverage

Posted by j0hn on April 15th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

The media get away with shoddy reporting — perhaps because the public doesn’t demand better. Today, Reuters reports that the FDA is concerned about a possible gallstone link to Roche’s weight loss drug, Xenical. Clearly, the headline writer who wrote “Weight-loss Drug May Be Linked to Gallstones” hasn’t read our report Good Stories, Bad Science: […]

Weight-loss miracle?

Posted by j0hn on April 10th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

“It’s for my daughter Talia. She is always trying some new health drink or the other and is a lot into all this Gatorade and vitamin water stuff,” Johnson said. With a look of satisfaction, she scooped up a can at a Manhattan store.
The fizzy green tea drink has a yellow color. And the taste? […]

Xenical will be Replaced by Sanofi-Aventis’s Acomplia as the Clinical Gold Standard for the Treatment of Obesity by 2010

Posted by j0hn on April 7th, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

Side Effects of Anxiety and Depression in Certain Subpopulations Will Not Stop Acomplia’s Rise to the Top, According to a New Report from Decision Resources
WALTHAM, Mass., March 19 /PRNewswire/ — Decision Resources, Inc., one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Roche/GlaxoSmithKline’s Xenical will be replaced […]

CHALLENGE: Biggest Loser competitors celebrate weight loss, fitness

Posted by j0hn on April 3rd, 2007 — in Xenical Top News

TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Weight loss is more than a matter of laying off the chicken wings.
Besides eating the proper foods in the right portions, people who want to lose weight and become fit need a little exercise too. For many, it’s a hard combination to keep up.
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