GSK reports tampering of some bottles of weight-loss drug
(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said some bottles of its weight-loss drug Alli bought in the United States had been tampered with and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was investigating. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Orlistat in Overweight and Obese Patients With PCOSOrlistat in Overweight and Obese Patients With PCOS
Can this weight loss agent help improve the cardiovascular risk profile of patients with PCOS? Clinical Endocrinology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal Article Source Type: news
Seaweed extract stops fat being broken down and absorbed
A fibre found in seaweed was better at blocking fat than many weight loss supplements – and almost as good as the over-the-counter diet pill Alli. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A safe, effective diet pill - the elusive holy grail
Trade in illegal, ineffective drugs flourishes as pharmaceutical industry repeatedly fails to produce successful pillAttempts to invent a safe and effective diet pill have foundered time and again, allowing the internet trade in illegal and ineffective herbal supplements and dangerous drugs, such as DNP, to flourish.A successful diet pill could make billions for the pharmaceutical industry, but efforts to date have ended in disaster, with patients harmed, drugs banned and massive compensation paid out.Fen-phen, an appetite suppressant, was the most spectacular failure. It was withdrawn in the US in 1997 after causing wides...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: The Guardian Diets and dieting Drugs trade Healthcare industry World news Pharmaceuticals industry & wellbeing Health policy Society Politics UK news Life and style Public services policy Business Science Source Type: news
Orlistat Helps Trim Waistlines (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment of overweight and obese individuals with orlistat (Xenical, Alli) was associated with decreased waist circumference to a greater extent than either placebo or standard care, a meta-analysis found. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Xenical Helps PCOS Patients Slim Down (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Lifestyle changes plus the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical) helped women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) shed pounds, leading to metabolic improvements, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - August 29, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
ANH TV review: 'The Men Who Made Us Thin' (UK BBC2)
Follow-up to 'The Men Who Made Us Fat' reveals the same players behind the curtain (Source: Alliance for Natural Health)
Source: Alliance for Natural Health - August 21, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Sophie Tags: alli Atkins diet diet pills Dukan energy deficit europe healthy eating high intensity interval training HIIT international Jacques Perretti Louis Dublin low-fat Metrecal obesity Orlistat overeating overweight paleo di Source Type: news
Nexting While Walking
Nexting while walking may result in meaningful, hopeful conversations.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - August 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shane J. Lopez, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Parenting alli basketball game cheerleading curiosity dreams family trip feelings fluff gaps hope horrible ideas important event mom obstacles pique pitfalls Source Type: news
Featured in Journal Watch: Orlistat Probably Doesn't Cause Acute Liver Injury
(Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 14, 2013 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news
Orlistat liver injury link questioned
Researchers have found that users of the obesity drug, orlistat, have an increased risk for acute liver injury compared with non-users in the time period prior to taking the drug. (Source: MedWire News - Lipidology)
Source: MedWire News - Lipidology - April 25, 2013 Category: Lipidology Source Type: news
Orlistat liver injury link questioned
Researchers have found that users of the obesity drug, orlistat, have an increased risk for acute liver injury compared with non-users in the time period prior to taking the drug. (Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology)
Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology - April 22, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Syria: Humanitarian Assistance Deadlocked
NEW YORK, MARCH 7, 2013 — After two years of extremely violent conflict and a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, aid has fallen drastically short of what is needed, and the inability to secure a political resolution of the conflict must not be used as an excuse for the failed humanitarian response, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
Syria’s previously well-functioning health system has collapsed. Food shortages are commonplace, and water and electricity supply are severely disrupted. Parties involved in the Syria...
Source: MSF News - March 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Jail sentence for illicit drug mailing operation
Seizure of £1.6m unlicensed, prescription-only-medicines and class C drugsRelated items from OnMedica£6.5 million counterfeit and unlicensed medicines seizedNew UK drive to seize counterfeit drugsPoor quality and fake drugs threaten global efforts to control malariaMHRA warns public about fake orlistat sold onlineFake prescription-only drugs seized in major raid (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 26, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Heavy metal warning in Chinese medicines
MHRA issues warning of mercury and lead contamination in herbal remediesRelated items from OnMedicaDanger warning for herbal slimming productsUK herbalists to be statutorily registeredMHRA warns public about fake orlistat sold onlineHerbal medicine registrations reach 100 under THMR schemeFake prescription-only drugs seized in major raid (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 20, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
