Friday, October 23, 2009

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:03 AM PDT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug liraglutide helps obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found.

Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 04:16 AM PDT

In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2009, Kathy Perusse, center, poses for a photograph outside her home with two of her children, David Laflamme, 16, left, and Anne-Marie Laflamme, 22, in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)AP - When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.

Diabetes drug also helps weight loss for obese: study (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Assorted medicines. A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.

Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 11:22 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2009, American Medical Response operations manager Ken Keller talks about the specially-equipped ambulance used for obese patients at the company's Topeka, Kan. facility. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him.
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