The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released another alert for 41 possibly tainted diet pills. This comes in addtion to an alert from late Decemeber 2008, bringing the total number of pills at stake to 69.
Consumers are encouraged to avoid products that promise "effortless weight loss."
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A new study says that the extra pounds you may be carrying may not have an effect on your heart.
Bloomberg news is reporting that a study from the Archives of Internal Medicine has proven that there are different types of fat - some worse than others.
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