Kelowna, BC - Having a weight loss exercise program is fundamental to achieving your goals. Activities help the body to better metabolize the foods we eat, improve digestion, and keep us lean for longer.
Even so, a weight loss exercise program is not something that
you should just jump into. This is especially true if you are […]
How badly do you want to be skinny? Is it worth soiling your underwear?
Those questions will likely confront users of the new Alli, the first over-the-counter diet drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Alli (pronounced al-EYE) went on sale for the first time about a week ago - a stronger prescription form, Xenical, […]
Weight Loss Management Solution
BodyMedia has launched SenseWear WMS (Weight Management Solution).
SenseWear WMS is the first ever web-based clinical weight management solution to focus on behavior therapy. Ideally suited for obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), the system enables practitioners and patients to continuously and accurately track health metrics such as calories burned, calories consumed, physical […]
LOS ANGELES — Thursday morning, 12 boxes of alli, the first over-the-counter diet drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), were placed on the top shelf of a Santa Monica Walgreens’ diet section. Four hours later, all but one had been sold.
“I have never in my life experienced anything like this,” store manager […]
A proposed weight-loss drug that appears to raise the risk of suicidal thoughts shouldn’t be taken by people who are depressed, its manufacturer told federal health advisers Wednesday as they considered whether to recommend approval.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by July 27 whether to allow Sanofi-Aventis (nyse: SNY - news - […]
Diet pill alli (low-dose Xenical) will go on sale in grocery stores and pharmacies around America on Friday June 15th, according to an announcement on GlaxoSmithKline’s official alli website.
The terse announcement said “beginning June 15th, alli will be available in all major drug, grocery, and discount/warehouse stores in the weight loss product aisle.”
A number of […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though dieters often see their weight “yo-yo,” a new national survey suggests that many Americans do fairly well at keeping the pounds off.
Government researchers found that of 1,310 U.S. adults who’d ever lost a substantial amount of weight, the majority had managed to keep at least some of the weight […]
Claims that diet drug Acomplia offers benefits beyond those associated with weight loss may not be justified, according to a new report by independent British medical experts.
On its website, Acomplia’s manufacturer, sanofi aventis, says that the drug “has a beneficial effect on blood glucose and lipid levels — a more beneficial effect than would be […]