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The first big JAMA study of the new year (Happy New Year!) implied that you can be overweight or barely obese, and not die early because of it. In between the lines: yes….in that population. Why? Because they get medical care right away!. Because they get sicker sooner! Because [...]
With the newly FDA-approved Qsymia available in the 4th quarter at earliest, and Belviq probably the same or later, it’s too early to know what doctors will do. But nearly a generation has passed since 1997 when one too many docs recoiled in fear, having prescribed the off-label phen-fen [...]
Amid the hub-bub of the week, with the Supreme Court affirmed Affordable Care Act health care law upheld, and with one JAMA study showing that 21 people on 3 different diets for 4 weeks each burn calories differently (no real surprise here: the lowest carb diet had the highest energy burn, [...]
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Could drinking actually help you fend off weight gain? Actually yes, for women. Take the recent 13 year Harvard study of 19,220 normal-weight, normal BMI, middle-aged women and their drinking habits. Women who had an average of one to two drinks daily gained less weight and had a lower [...]