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Surgery
Surgical procedures for obesity may be appropriate for some dangerously obese people, and they may reduce heart problems and many of the risks associated with obesity. These risks include high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and diabetes. In fact, surgery provides much greater control of weight and diabetes than nonsurgical weight-loss methods. Studies are reporting significant reductions in diabetes, and the need for diabetic medications, after surgery. Other medical conditions that often...
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Weight Loss and Depression Medication
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Stimulant Medication Abuse for Weight Loss
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Weight Loss When Eating is Your Job: Restaurant Critic Loses Weight
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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 »
Clinical trial: Effects of a new weight-loss medication
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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 »
Losing weight
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
To successfully lose weight, you must carry out a plan that balances the calories you eat every day with your activity and exercise. Ideally, dieting... Read more »
Weight loss: unintentional
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Unintentional weight loss is a decrease in body weight that is not voluntary. In other words, you did not try to loss the weight by dieting or... Read more »
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