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Sleep May Help Kids Keep Slim |
| WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Eating right and being active are well-known ways to try to keep a child\'s weight in check, but a new study points to another potential weapon in the fight against childhood obesity -- sleep. Researchers at Nor |
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FDA OKs 1st Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Drug |
| WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The first non-prescription drug to treat obesity in American adults was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, called alli (orlistat), is designed to be used only in tandem with a |
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Orlistat Approved for Over-the-Counter Sale |
| WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an over-the-counter version of orlistat, a prescription weight-loss drug available in the United States since 1999. The OTC version, to be known as Alli, is rec |
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Experts Devise New Women's Heart Risk Predictor |
| TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Women may soon have a better idea of what their actual cardiovascular disease risk is for the next 10 years and beyond. That\'s because researchers from Brigham and Women\'s Hospital in Boston have developed a n |
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Niacin Molecule Blockers Might Help Slow Aging |
| FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs that block a component of vitamin B3 (also known as niacin) might help slow aging, new research suggests. A team at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia found that this niacin component, nicotinamide, is abl |
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Health Tip: Having Endoscopy? |
| (HealthDay News) -- An endoscope is a small, flexible tube with a camera on one end. The device -- inserted surgically or through the mouth or anus -- is used to examine various parts of the body, including the joints, lungs, bladder, digestive trac |
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FDA OKs 1st Over-the-Counter Weight-Loss Drug |
| WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The first nonprescription drug to treat obesity in American adults was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, called alli (orlistat), is designed to be used only in tandem with a |
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Niacin Molecule Might Help Slow Aging |
| FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A component of vitamin B3 (also known as niacin) may help scientists develop anti-aging drugs, new research suggests. A team at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia found that this component, nicotinamide, is able |
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Age Brings More Fat, Less Muscle |
| SATURDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Older Americans face a \"double whammy\" when it comes to body fat, a new study finds. Up until age 80, older adults gain fat but lose muscle as they age and, because of the obesity epidemic in the United States |
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Drug Could Help Save Mountain Climbers' Lives |
| TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to ease \"mountain sickness\" holds promise as a treatment for a potentially fatal condition that can strike high-altitude climbers, researchers report. In tests that exposed human subjects to a simul |
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TV Habits Have No Impact on Teen Exercise |
| MONDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- If your child isn\'t getting enough exercise, don\'t blame the \"idiot box.\" New research suggests that the amount of time teens spend watching TV bears no relationship to their levels of physical activity. The fi |
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