Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Orexigen to U.S. panel: diet pill safe for approval (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:41 AM PST

Reuters - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc's Contrave, the last of a trio of new weight-loss drugs, can effectively help patients shed pounds, the biotech company told a panel of U.S. medical advisers on Tuesday at a meeting set to focus on heart risks.

Half of Europe's adults overweight or obese: report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:30 AM PST

Reuters - More than half of adults in European Union are overweight or obese, piling pressure onto their own health, their nations' health systems and the wider economy, the OECD and the EU Commission said on Tuesday.

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