TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| The European Medicines Agency Recommends Suspension Of The Marketingauthorisation Of Acomplia The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended the suspension of the marketing authorisation for Acomplia (rimonabant) from Sanofi-Aventis. The EMEA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded that the benefits of Acomplia no longer outweigh its risks and the marketing authorisation should be suspended across the European Union (EU). medicalnewstoday.com |
Weight Loss Reduces Incontinence For Women Starting a weight-loss regimen significantly reduces urinary incontinence for women, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of California, San Francisco. A six-month program of diet, exercise and behavior modification resulted in a loss of 17 pounds and nearly one-half (47 percent) fewer incontinence episodes per week on average, the study authors said. medicalnewstoday.com |
Too Much Of A Good Thing For many women, body image is a constant struggle; a poor self-image can lead to a host of both mental and physical health problems. But a new study out of Temple University finds that an extremely good body image can also take its toll on a woman's health. medicalnewstoday.com |
Effect Of Gastric Bypass Surgery On Kidney Stone Disease UroToday.com - "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana in The Life of Reason 1905). One of the first unintentional human models created for calcium oxalate stone formation was in the obese patient who underwent a jejunal ileal bypass. In this patient population, the risk of stone disease at 5 years after surgery rose to approximately 20%. In some patients, renal failure resulted. medicalnewstoday.com |
Spending To Treat Obesity's Health Effects Will Quadruple In Next Decade Medill News Service/McClatchy: "Spending to treat the health effects of obesity, $86 billion last year, will quadruple over the next decade, and almost half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2018, according to the annual America's Health Rankings study. medicalnewstoday.com |