Posts Tagged ‘WeightLoss’

3rd UPDATE: FDA Panel Rejects Vivus Weight-Loss Drug Qnexa
3rd UPDATE: FDA Panel Rejects Vivus Weight-Loss Drug Qnexa

Hospital gear helps weight-loss patients
Jean Kielhold, right, supervises as fellow dietician Susan Sendejas tests a calorimeter. In 10 minutes, Jean Kielhold can calculate and determine a person’s energy consumption and body mass index, based on a breathing test.

You Docs: Make your doctor your weight-loss team captain
Many family doctors don’t talk about healthy eating with overweight patients, leaving the impression that it’s not a problem.

China’s weight-loss industry is gaining
Affluence, more sedentary lives, and an increase in processed foods are driving sales of health foods and gym equipment in China. Bariatric surgery is up, too. Weight loss – Bariatric surgery – Surgery – Health – Medicine

Possible Explanation For How Weight-Loss Surgery Reverses Type 2 Diabetes
A team of researchers, led by a UC Davis veterinary endocrinologist, has shown for the first time that a surgical procedure in rats that is similar to bariatric surgery in humans can delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. The researchers also have identified biochemical changes caused by the surgeries that may be responsible for that delay…

Weight-Loss Surgery a “Cure” for Type 2 Diabetes?
Diabetes Forecast on What’s Known About Weight-Loss Surgery — and What Is Not