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Drugs Used to Treat Heart Failure and High Blood Pressure May Help Decrease Obesity
June 17, 2013 A type of drug normally used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure helped prevent weight gain and other complications related to a high-fat diet in an animal ... > full story -
Excessive Salt Consumption Appears to Be Bad for Your Bones
June 17, 2013 A high-salt diet raises a woman’s risk of breaking a bone after menopause, no matter what her bone density is, according to a new ... > full story -
Adolescents' High-Fat Diet Impairs Memory and Learning
June 17, 2013 A high-fat diet in adolescence appears to have long-lasting effects on learning and memory during adulthood, a new study in mice ... > full story -
Short-Term Antidepressant Use, Stress, High-Fat Diet Linked to Long-Term Weight Gain
June 17, 2013 Short-term use of antidepressants, combined with stress and a high-fat diet, is associated with long-term increases in body weight, a new animal study ... > full story -
Obese Male Mice Father Offspring With Higher Levels of Body Fat
June 16, 2013 Male mice who were fed a high-fat diet and became obese were more likely to father offspring who also had higher levels of body fat, a new study finds. The effect was observed primarily in male ... > full story -
Advances in Genetic Sequencing Diagnose Paralympic Hopeful's Rare Condition
June 16, 2013 National Paracycling Champion Tom Staniford has an extremely rare condition which, until now, has puzzled his doctors. He is unable to store fat under his skin -- yet has type 2 diabetes -- and ... > full story -
Overweight and Obese Patients Less Likely to Achieve Remission in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
June 14, 2013 Overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis compared to those of normal ... > full story -
BPA Linked to Obesity Risk in Puberty-Age Girls
June 12, 2013 Girls between nine and 12 years of age with higher-than-average levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) in their urine had double the risk of being obese than girls with lower levels of BPA, according to a new ... > full story -
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Four-Fold Rise in Children Treated for Obesity-Related Conditions
June 12, 2013 The number of children admitted to hospital for problems related to obesity in England and Wales quadrupled between 2000 and 2009, a study has ... > full story -
Lab Experiments Question Effectiveness of Green Coffee Bean Weight-Loss Supplements
June 12, 2013 A major ingredient in those green coffee bean dietary supplements -- often touted as "miracle" weight-loss products -- doesn't prevent weight gain in obese laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet when ... > full story
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