Herbalife Ltd., which sells nutritional supplements and weight-loss products, rebuffed claims that its products contain high levels of lead, saying lab testing showed no unsafe quantities of lead.
Safer weight loss drug created (EARTHtimes.org)
Israeli researchers say they have created a new diet drug that produces fewer side effects than do current diet medications. Dr. Nir Barak of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine has developed what he says might become a weight-loss wonder dru…
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• Is Hoodia Gordonii A Truly Effective Weight Loss Supplement? (Turks.US)
There are different products that claim to be effective weight loss supplements. One of those products is the Hoodia Gordonii. But is it truly effective?
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Battling the Bulge? A New Weight-Loss Drug Gains Approval (US News & World Report)
A new weight-loss weapon is set to hit stores this summer, after getting the nod yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration. The new version of orlistat, to be named Alli, will be packaged at half the strength of its prescription counterpart, Xenical, and will be the only FDA-approved weight-loss product available over the counter. The agency emphasizes that it should be used in conjunction …
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FTC to Announce Settlements with Four Major Weight-Loss Pill Marketers (Federal Trade Commission)
The Federal Trade Commission will announce settlements with four well-known weight-loss pill marketers. The settlements will require that the companies change their ad claims and pay millions of dollars for civil penalties and consumer redress.
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Health Alert: Weight-loss drugs (WIS News 10 Columbia)
The shelves are full of promises to slim you down, pills that say they’ll whittle away the weight. And yet plenty of people say they’ve tried and failed. Could success lie in a new kind of meds? A clinical trial is underway to see if the drugs will create the same success as Fen-Phen without the deadly consequences.
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