Weight Loss News Headlines

TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- For the second time in less than a month, U.S. drug regulators on Tuesday approved a new weight-loss medication.

Share prices of two companies with newly-approved obesity drugs moved in opposite separate directions Wednesday, with Vivus Inc. rising to all-time highs while Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. slumped.

TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Although patients do indeed lose weight after bariatric surgery, health-care costs remain about the same as they were before the procedure, according to a new study.

A new weight-loss pill that many doctors consider the most effective of a new generation of anti-obesity drugs got the approval of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators approved Vivus Inc's obesity drug late on Tuesday, the second new diet pill approved in the last month, as health advocates push for new solutions to combat obesity. Approval for the pill, to be sold under the brand name Qsymia, follows last month's go-ahead for Arena Pharmaceuticals' …

US regulators approved the second new anti-obesity drug in 13 years, Qsymia, for use with exercise and a good diet in people who are obese or overweight with certain medical problems.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new weight loss drug from Vivus Inc. that many doctors consider the most effective therapy in a new generation of anti-obesity pills designed to help patients safely shed pounds.

In a story July 16 about obesity drug makers, The Associated Press erroneously reported Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s partner on its obesity drug Belviq. Arena's partner is Eisai Co.

MONDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese may affect a woman's response to breast cancer treatment, a small new study suggests.

LONDON (Reuters) - The fight against obesity will be a major investment trend for the next 25-50 years, a report by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said on Tuesday, listing 50 companies in areas from healthcare and pharmaceuticals to food and sports that could benefit. Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980 to …

FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- The health of elderly people appears closely linked with their diet and the type of microorganisms living in their gut, suggesting that what you eat may affect how well you age, according to new research.

FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Being obese does not affect children's school performance, according to a new British study.

FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- If you are trying to lose weight, adopting three key strategies will boost your chances of success, new research suggests.

THURSDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) -- First there was research into calorie-burning "brown" fat, and now scientists say they've spotted a new type of "beige" fat in adults that might also prove useful in the fight against obesity.

WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Menopausal women who lose weight eating a low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables could reduce or eliminate their hot flashes and night sweats, a large new study suggests.

TUESDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Most smokers who quit gain more weight than previously thought -- an average of about 8 to 11 pounds the first year, according to a new European study.

(Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc said patient enrollment in a trial testing the heart risks associated with its experimental obesity drug is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2013, in about half the time originally estimated. J.P. Morgan Securities analyst Cory Kasimov said the accelerated enrollment could …

Weight Watchers International Inc. announced Tuesday that it has appointed Nicholas Hotchkin as its chief financial officer.

MONDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Non-nutritive sweeteners like Splenda, Equal and Sweet'N Low may have a role to play in maintaining or even losing weight, as long as people don't use them as an excuse to treat themselves later with high-calorie goodies.

A Japanese parliament probe into the nuclear disaster at Fukushima is expected to say the then prime minister fanned chaos in the opening days of the crisis when it publishes its final report Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. cancer lobby group is urging the Surgeon General to conduct a sweeping study of the impact of sugar-sweetened beverages on consumer health, saying such drinks play major role in the nation's obesity crisis and require a U.S. action plan. In a letter to U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese coaches and officials are panicking that meat-free diets imposed on Olympic athletes outside their training camps are hampering their performances in the lead-up to the London Games. Chinese athletes have been ordered to minimize the risk of accidental doping from clenbuterol-tainted meat this …

THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- The more work-related stress parents experience, the more likely their children are to eat unhealthy meals, a new study shows.