Drugs for losing weight - The problem of obesity has taken on epidemic proportions over the last few years. In 1998, a report by the UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excell...

Wonder slimming drug: It increases suicide risk - If you want to lose weight, don’t take the ‘wonder’ slimming drug Acomplia (rimonabant). Although it sailed through the approval process in Europe, a...

No Free Lunch: Docs take arms against drug company ‘incentives’ - OK, it’s time to come clean. Not all doctors are bad guys, despite our title. In fact, there’s a group of them in America and the UK who’ve formed t...

Losing Weight: The pills don’t work, but still the drug companies push them - Can you lose weight just by popping a slimming pill? Needless to say, the drug companies think so, and they’re in the process of making the best-sell...

Drugs for losing weight - What to do instead - What to do instead * Try metabolic typing. This dietary method is based on the idea that no single, universal diet is right for everyone because ea...

New ms drug: suicide risk - A drug which could cause suicidal depression has been licenced by the American Food and Drug Administration to treat multiple sclerosis. ...

Losing weight: How much exercise to do if you want to shed the pounds, and keep them off - Want to lose weight by exercising? Well, this is how much you need to do each week to start shedding those excess pounds.

Losing Weight: Low-fat foods won’t help - If you want to lose weight, forget eating a low-fat diet. Low-fat foods, which achieve billions of dollars of sales every year, will help you lose so...