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Weight Loss Pill Recommended By FDA Panel, Company's Stock Doubles
Singularity Hub The FDA will make a final decision on the drug in late April, possibly making it the first weight loss drug approved in over a decade. Want to lose weight? Well now there's a drug that allows you to shed ten percent of your body weight – no exercising, … Qnexa Weight-Loss Pill Approval: Five Non-Dieting Meds People Take to Cut Fat USA Today Oped – Qnexa, Weight Loss, and the FDA – by Marc Siegel MD Obesity Prompts Vivus Takeover Talk With 88% Windfall: Real M&A |
Archive for February, 2012
Weight Loss Pill Recommended By FDA Panel, Company’s Stock Doubles – Singularity Hub
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Rep. Jim Thompson Focuses on Keeping Oregonians Healthier – The Lund Report
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012![]() The Lund Report |
Rep. Jim Thompson Focuses on Keeping Oregonians Healthier
The Lund Report February 28, 2012 — Looking at options for healthcare was the focus of an informational meeting of the Oregon House Health Care Committee recently to discuss a weight-loss program known as Take Shape for Life. Committee Co-Chair Rep. Spartanburg Chiropractor Announces Natural Weight Loss Program |
Spartanburg Chiropractor Announces Natural Weight Loss Program – MarketWatch (press release)
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012|
Spartanburg Chiropractor Announces Natural Weight Loss Program
MarketWatch (press release) SPARTANBURG, SC, Feb 28, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Ivey-O'Sullivan Health Care in Spartanburg, SC announced that the practice now offers natural weight loss services including the Body by Vi 90 Day Challenge. The grand prize winner of the 90-day … |
Weight loss operation a cost-cutter says surgeon – Southland Times (blog)
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012|
Weight loss operation a cost-cutter says surgeon
Southland Times (blog) Dr Mark Smith, who began at Southland Hospital in October, is heading up a specialised surgical programme in the Southern District that will perform a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery – the most common form of weight loss surgery – on about 19 patients … |
Vivus Weight-Loss Pill Qnexa Wins Backing of FDA Advisory Panel – BusinessWeek
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012![]() Los Angeles Times |
Vivus Weight-Loss Pill Qnexa Wins Backing of FDA Advisory Panel
BusinessWeek 22 (Bloomberg) — Vivus Inc.'s weight-loss pill Qnexa won the backing of a US advisory panel as the company seeks to gain approval for the first obesity drug in 13 years. The Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 20-2 today Qnexa's benefits … As weight loss continues to be a struggle, a safe diet pill is elusive KATZ: Weight loss drug isn't meaningful answer to problem Safe, effective weight-loss pill elusive |
BY-BAND study to compare two types of gastric surgery – News-Medical.net
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012![]() BBC News |
BY-BAND study to compare two types of gastric surgery
News-Medical.net Current national guidelines recommend that surgery should be considered for morbidly obese people or for those remaining obese after trying other options. "The BY-BAND study will compare two types of operation, gastric bypass and gastric banding, … New obesity treatment favours fitness over surgery |
Before and After: Living and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012Before and After: Living and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery
At 278 pounds, Susan Maria Leach couldn’t fit into a roller coaster seat, couldn’t tie a bathrobe around herself, couldn’t even ride with her husband on the back of his Harley. Enough was enough. Susan underwent gastric bypass weight loss surgery. Now Susan weighs in at a mere 135 pounds. Her book, “Before & After,” is the story of her incredible journey from being too big to enjoy her life, to being able to truly enjoy life to its fullest. Now Susan can fit into that roller coaster seat, comp
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Lite Life Surgery Adds Palm Springs Weight Loss Coaching Programs – MarketWatch (press release)
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012|
Lite Life Surgery Adds Palm Springs Weight Loss Coaching Programs
MarketWatch (press release) PALM SPRINGS, CA, Feb 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Lite Life Surgery is pleased to announce the addition of weight loss coaching, dietician, and weight management programs to their California weight loss clinic. Lite Life Surgery, renowned for … |









