Metformin Weight Loss
The diabetes drug metformin may help obese teenagers lose weight--even if they don't have diabetes. The two-year study of 77 volunteers found that teens who took the drug lost significantly more weight than those who did not, but the medication did not appear to affect fat distribution or insulin resistance in the kids.
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A Free Diabetes Drug: Metformin or Glucophage, Immediate or Extended...
A supermarket chain in the Midwest United States, Meijer, has just announced that they will be giving away metformin at their pharmacies.... Read more »
Are you alli ready?
The press is having a field day (again!). This time it’s about a weight loss product described by the manufacturer as “An Innovative... Read more »
Diabetes Drug Avandia May Cause Weight Gain
Today we have even more bad news in two separate studies about the diabetes drug Avandia. With the bad news we get all the time about... Read more »
Weight Loss Plateaus Part 1: 5 Ways to Kick Start Your Weight Loss...
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas A. Edison This is Part... Read more »
Weight Loss Plateaus Part 2: 5 Ways to Kick Start Your Weight Loss...
This is final part of the 2 part series. You can read part 1 by going to the link... Read more »
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Diabetic Women Can Reduce Their Risk of Urinary Incontinence
Lifestyle Intervention Is Associated With Lower Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence The Diabetes Prevention Program Jeanette S. Brown, MD, Rena Wing,... Read more »
Study: Atkins diet harder on heart after weight loss
According to new research, in the "maintenance" phase that occurs after initial weight loss, the popular Ornish and South Beach diets seem to be... Read more »
Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Diabetes Medication Use
Overweight Type 2 diabetics who have weight-loss surgery may be able to reduce or completely stop their diabetes medications, a new study suggests.... Read more »
Less Stress, Better Sleep Aids Weight Loss
Getting the right amount of sleep and reducing stress may jump start weight loss--even for people who already have a healthy eating and exercise... Read more »
FDA warns about dangerous weight loss products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about more than two dozen weight-loss products that they say contain undeclared... Read more »
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