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Premera Blue Cross to provide personal health records to the employees of Microsoft

Premera Blue Cross today announced an important collaboration with Microsoft aimed at providing Microsoft employees with integrated, personal health records. Premera is combining its data and expertise with Microsoft’s technology to provide the company’s employees with greater visibility to their spending and healthcare claims through a connection to Microsoft HealthVault – a personal health application platform available to consumers.

19 Jan 2010

FDA warns consumers about counterfeit and potentially harmful version of Alli capsules

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is today warning consumers about a counterfeit and potentially harmful version of Alli 60 mg capsules (120 count refill kit).

19 Jan 2010

Allergan to jointly promote its adjustable gastric band for bariatric surgery with Covidien

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the extension of its agreement with Allergan, Inc. to jointly promote Allergan’s LAP-BAND® System, the top-selling adjustable gastric band for bariatric surgery, in the United States.

18 Jan 2010

Plastic surgery to complete weight-loss treatment

Reconfigured body after reconfigured body, the hands of Alexander Moya, M.D., Director of the Center for Weight Loss Body Contouring and Assistant Director of the Geisinger Center for Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC), skillfully addresses the excess skin his patients contend with following the loss of dozens, if not often hundreds, of pounds. According to Dr. Moya, it's this final therapeutic step of removing this skin and reshaping their bodies that often puts weight-loss patients at peace with themselves and what they see in the mirror every morning.

18 Jan 2010

Nutrisystem recognized as best among popular weight loss programs

With millions of Americans making it their New Year’s resolution to lose weight and lead a healthier lifestyle, and with the cost of some diet programs rising as high as $10,000 per year, Nutrisystem has been credited by two of the nation’s most respected media outlets for helping consumers shed pounds without lightening their wallets.

18 Jan 2010

Research team reports rare etiology of SMA syndrome

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic disease of the world and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is over 10% in Taiwan. Gastroparesis is reported in 5% to 12% of diabetic patients.

18 Jan 2010

Researchers show close correlation between public health and recreational opportunities

One way to help address the epidemic of obesity in the United States is improved access to pleasant hiking trails and an ambitious parks and recreation program, a recent study suggests, but programs such as this are increasingly being reduced in many states due to budget shortfalls.

18 Jan 2010

Bariatric surgery offers a new hope for obese patients

Obesity is a condition that often follows family lines, but bariatric surgery offers hope for breaking this generational pattern.

18 Jan 2010

Mindful Health introduces 'Body Balance Holistic Weight Loss' program

Imagine a program that brings you as much balance as a down dog yoga pose, as much energy as a Red Bull, and as much confidence as The Naked Cowboy in Times Square- and yes you can actually lose weight too. Mindful Health introduces The Body Balance Holistic Weight Loss Program which combines nutrition, in home fitness, pilates, acupuncture, private cooking classes, massage and Mindful Health's very own natural weight loss supplement, Fucofuel, designed to target abdominal fat.

13 Jan 2010

New analysis finds cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007

A new analysis found that the cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007, with the exploding number of cases of type 2 diabetes responsible for the majority of the costs. The National Changing Diabetes® Program (NCDP), a program of Novo Nordisk, commissioned the analysis, published online as a Web First article today in Health Affairs and performed by researchers at The Lewin Group.

13 Jan 2010

Research shows diet plans can have a major influence on weight loss

Many people think the success of dieting, seemingly a national obsession following the excesses and resolutions of the holiday season, depends mostly on how hard one tries -- on willpower and dedication. While this does matter, new research has found that a much more subtle aspect of the diets themselves can also have a big influence on the pounds shed -- namely, the perceived complexity of a diet plan's rules and requirements.

12 Jan 2010

4SC commences treatment in its resminostat Phase II trial for HL

4SC AG, a drug discovery and development company focused on autoimmune and cancer indications, today announced the treatment of the first patient in a Phase II study evaluating resminostat (4SC-201), an oral pan-histone-deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL) patients.

12 Jan 2010

Arizona resident achieves weight-loss with Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET

Dr. Sanford Siegal developed the concept of a diet based on a hunger-controlling food in the early 1970s while writing a book about substances in food that are particularly satisfying of hunger.

9 Jan 2010

Study suggests participating in volunteer activities may prevent frailty in older adults

Frailty is a geriatric condition marked by weight loss, low energy and strength, and low physical activity. UCLA researchers followed 1,072 healthy adults aged 70 to 79 between 1988 and 1991 to determine if productive activities - specifically volunteering, paid work and child care - prevent the onset of frailty.

9 Jan 2010

American Clinical Laboratory Association lauds ADA's recommendation of HbA1C test for diabetes

The American Clinical Laboratory Association's Results for Life Campaign today applauded the American Diabetes Association for its decision to recommend the hemoglobin A1C laboratory test as a means of diagnosing diabetes and identifying pre-diabetes.

9 Jan 2010

A holistic approach to weight loss

When your New Year's resolution to lose weight crumbles as fast as the cookie touching your lips, it's time to admit that diets don't work. More successful is a holistic approach to losing weight that lets you feel good about feeding your body the nourishment it craves.

8 Jan 2010

Nutrition and fitness expert shares secrets on wellness, happiness and lasting weight loss

Working moms know how overwhelming life can be with so many demands competing for their attention. They work full-time during the day only to work full-time again with their families once they enter their homes.

8 Jan 2010

Exercise, nutrition and hormone optimization are key to improve men's health issues

Grant Mansell was 46 and frustrated with his 300 pound physique, ensuing back pain, rising cholesterol, dependency on blood pressure medicine but most of all not enjoying life with his wife and children.

8 Jan 2010

Small changes in daily routine activities may help Americans reach a healthy, stable weight

The New Year means new resolutions and for many Americans those resolutions include efforts to get healthy, lose weight, and hit the gym. According to a study by The University of Scranton, almost half of all New Year's resolutions will be broken by the end of January. Why is it that we can't make the changes we hope to?

8 Jan 2010

Medtronic invests in GI Dynamics to advance treatment for metabolic disorders

GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced that it has received a strategic investment from Medtronic, Inc., the global leader in medical device technology and therapies designed to treat chronic diseases.

8 Jan 2010

Weight Loss News and Research

Latest Weight Loss News and Research

Premera Blue Cross to provide personal health records to the employees of Microsoft

FDA warns consumers about counterfeit and potentially harmful version of Alli capsules

Allergan to jointly promote its adjustable gastric band for bariatric surgery with Covidien

Plastic surgery to complete weight-loss treatment

Nutrisystem recognized as best among popular weight loss programs

Research team reports rare etiology of SMA syndrome

Researchers show close correlation between public health and recreational opportunities

Bariatric surgery offers a new hope for obese patients

Mindful Health introduces 'Body Balance Holistic Weight Loss' program

New analysis finds cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007

Research shows diet plans can have a major influence on weight loss

4SC commences treatment in its resminostat Phase II trial for HL

Arizona resident achieves weight-loss with Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET

Study suggests participating in volunteer activities may prevent frailty in older adults

American Clinical Laboratory Association lauds ADA's recommendation of HbA1C test for diabetes

A holistic approach to weight loss

Nutrition and fitness expert shares secrets on wellness, happiness and lasting weight loss

Exercise, nutrition and hormone optimization are key to improve men's health issues

Small changes in daily routine activities may help Americans reach a healthy, stable weight

Medtronic invests in GI Dynamics to advance treatment for metabolic disorders

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Weight Loss News and Research

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