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FDA Warns ABX Weight Loss Has Hidden Danger
ABX Weight Loss contains sibutramine, a controlled substance that was removed from the market in October 2010, and could lead to heart attack and stroke
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com - November 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Association between serum bilirubin and cardiovascular disease in an overweight high risk population from the SCOUT trial
Conclusion: Bilirubin was not a risk-factor independent from other traditional cardiovascular risk-factors in our population.
Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - February 18, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: M.E. Jørgensen, C. Torp-Pedersen, N. Finer, I. Caterson, W.P.T. James, U.F. Legler, C. Andersson Tags: Liver abnormalities, diabetes and cardiovascular risk Source Type: research

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 It was withdrawn in the US in 1997 after causing wides...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