Thursday, June 28, 2012

FDA Approves Diet Drug Belviq

Health Buzz: FDA Approves Diet Drug
U.S. News & World Report
The doctor will screen you for obesity now; empower your diet with antioxidants. ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new weight-loss drug in 13 years. ... It should be used in combination with a healthy diet and exercise ...

Prescription Drug to Aid Weight Loss Wins FDA Backing
New York Times
The first prescription diet pill in 13 years to gain Food and Drug Administration approval, Belviq, gives the roughly one-third of American adults considered obese a new option.

New York Times

FDA approves lorcaserin, first weight-loss drug since 1999
Los Angeles Times
The FDA's approval came with a significant warning to consumers likely to flock to a medication that could help boost their weight loss: The safety and effectiveness of Belviq when used alongside otherdiet medications has not been established. Nor ...

FDA Approves First New Weight-Loss Drug In More Than A Decade
NPR (blog)
"Obesity threatens the overall well-being of patients and is a major public health concern," Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's drug center, said in a statement. "The approval of this drug, used responsibly in combination with a healthy diet and ...

Weight-loss pill Belviq gets the OK from the FDA
New York Daily News
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. ... "The approval of this drug, used responsibly in ...

New York Daily News

FDA Approves Obesity Pill Belviq For Weight-Related Health Problems
OzarksFirst.com
"The approval of this drug, used responsibly in combination with a healthy diet and lifestyle, provides a treatment option for Americans who are obese or are overweight and have at least one weight-related comorbid condition." There are currently two ...

FDA OKs first new weight-loss pill in 13 years
msnbc.com
Federal Food and Drug Administration officials approved a new weight-loss pill Wednesday, giving the nod to Belviq used in combination with a reduced-calorie diet and exercise to combat obesity. The Arena Pharmaceuticals drug, which also goes by the ...

Chef John Foster: Improving diet, health all boils down to one simple word: choice
KyForward.com
Over the past 10 to 15 years, I have had to hear and ponder the question concerning what our country and, more specifically its youth, can and should do to improve itshealth. With childhood diabetes, obesity and even heart disease a substantial ...

KyForward.com

Arena's Diet Pill May Spur Renewed Race From Drugmakers
Businessweek
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARNA)'s weight- loss pill, the first cleared in the U.S. in 13 years, and an expected rival are potential breakthroughs in the treatment of obesity that may spur major drugmakers into the market.

FDA approves new weight loss drug
msnbc.com
Video on msnbc.com: Belviq, the first weight loss pill approved by the FDA in 13 years, works by activating a receptor in the brain that helps people feel full after eating. Despite concerns about the drug's safety, the FDA and many doctors feel the ...

msnbc.com

Belviq weight loss drug: FDA approves lorcaserin hydrochloride pill for weight ...
WPTV
It's the first weight-loss drug approved by the FDA since 1999. But does it really work?... LIVE UPDATES: Health care decision · Person killed by Tri-Rail train in ... Food and Drug Administration Wednesday approved Belviq , or lorcaserin ...

WPTV

FDA approves first weight-loss drug since 1999
Chippewa Herald
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing of the weight-lossdrug lorcaserin, the first prescription anti-obesity medication. ... The approval followed a lengthy review by an agency under pressure to help Americans lose ...

FDA Approves Weight Loss Drug
ABC News
Belviq is approved for use in adults who are overweight or obese and have one or more weight-relatedhealth problems. ... "The approval of this drug, used responsibly in combination with a healthy dietand lifestyle, provides a treatment option for ...

Weight-loss drug approved amid ongoing fight against obesity
WBXH
With one-third of Americans obese and that number expected to increase rapidly, the Food and Drug Administration approved a long-term weight loss drug for the first time in more than a decade.

FDA Approves A New Weight Loss Drug, Breaking a 13 Year Drought
Forbes
“Obesity threatens the overall well being of patients and is a major public health concern,” said the FDA's Janet Woodcock, in an FDA press release. “The approval of this drug, used responsibly in combination with a healthy ... “The approval of this ...

FDA Approves New Weight-Loss Drug
MedPage Today
WASHINGTON -- The oral weight-loss drug lorcaserin hydrochloride (Belviq) was approved Wednesday as an adjunct to diet and exercise, making it the first new anti-obesity drug in more than a decade. The FDA approved the drug, made by Arena ...

After Weight Loss, Low-Glycemic Diet Keeps Pounds Off
Newsmax Health
Eating a low-glycemic diet that helps you avoid spikes in blood sugar is better at keeping lost pounds off, according to a new study. ... Eating a low-fat diet after losing weight may cause the pounds to return, according to research that recommends a ...

Top Ways to Ruin Your Weight Loss Diet
Albany Times Union
With thousands of weight loss programs and diet pills on the market, it is no wonder people are often confused about the best ways to lose weight. Oftentimes, individuals make small mistakes that end up devastating the hard work and effort they've put ...

Low-Glycemic Diet Best For Maintaining Weight Loss
RedOrbit
The research suggests that dieters trying to maintain weight loss burned significantly more calories eating a carb-healthy diet rather than a low-fat diet, but some experts say the results are still preliminary. The National Institutes of Health-funded ...

RedOrbit

Diet Drug Wins FDA's Approval
Wall Street Journal
Another small drug developer, Vivus Inc., is hoping to win FDA approval for its weight-loss drug Qnexa by mid-July. The FDA said Belviq is meant to be used as part of an overall weight-management plan that includes a reduced calorie diet and exercise.

Prehuman diet included healthy dose of bark
Vancouver Sun
While its ancient relations opted for softer grasses and shrubs, Australopithecus sediba, an upright-walking tree climber, "included quite a large amount of hard food in its diet," anthropologist Amanda Henry said. Henry, from the Max Planck Institute ...

Extreme diet helps fuel major weight loss for Freeburg man
STLtoday.com
Extreme diet helps fuel major weight loss for Freeburg man · Home · Weather · Obits · Opinion · Columns .... The best way to lose weight remains "moderate calorie reduction, exercise and work for about two pounds a week," she said. Reichenbach smiled ...

Arena Pharma Shares Surge; FDA Approves Weight-Loss Drug
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Shares are surging after the FDA approved the company's weight-loss drug, marking the first prescription diet drug to receive U.S. approval in more than a decade. The stock rocketed higher after the ruling, and recently traded up 30% to $11.50. The ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

FDA approves 1st new weight loss pill in decade
Chicago Sun-Times
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new prescription drug for long-termweight loss in more than a decade. ... digestive side effects and modest weight loss. Other safety failures for diet pills have continued to pile up in ...

FDA approves first new weight-loss pill in over a decade
Fort Worth Star Telegram
It is for obese or overweight adults with another health problem. ... Despite achieving only modestweight loss in clinical studies, the drug appeared safe enough to win the FDA's endorsement amid calls from doctors for new weight-loss treatments ...

U.S. approves first obesity drug in 13 years
Mother Nature Network
Fitness & Well-Being ... Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, described obesity as "a major public health concern," and said the new drug offers a treatment option when used "responsibly in combination with a ...

Mother Nature Network

A calorie isn't a calorie: What one man learned from diet study
Los Angeles Times
Researchers who study nutrition say it's hard to complete studies like the one published earlier this week in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., which showed that, after weight loss , dieters' metabolism slowed more when they ate a low-fat, ...

A better way to lose weight?
CBS42
A new study challenges the notion that a “calorie is just a calorie” by finding that diets reducing the surge in blood sugar after a meal are preferable for weight loss, ultimately praising the low-glycemic index diet.

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