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    Jul 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Consumer Confidential: Groupon is watching, diet-product warning, free Slurpees

    Money & Company
    Here's your monster-mash Monday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Groupon is watching you. The deal site is changing its privacy policies to allow it to collect more information as it offers more deals targeted to users based......
    2. Feb 8, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Blood pressure: weight loss

    As people gain weight, their blood pressure tends to go up. Fortunately, as they lose weight, their blood pressure tends to go down -- but only so far, says Dr. Karol Watson, co-director of preventive cardiology and director of the hypertension clinic at UCLA. "If your body weight is normal, getting below doesn't help," she says.
    As people gain weight, their blood pressure tends to go up. Fortunately, as they lose weight, their blood pressure tends to go down -- but only so far, says Dr. Karol Watson, co-director of preventive cardiology and director of the hypertension clinic...

    Tags: Education, Atkins Diet, Low Fat Diet, Overweight, Hospitals and Clinics

    3. Dec 3, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Consumer Confidential: Weighty pills, empty containers, junky ads

    Money & Company
    Here's your thrill-a-minit Thursday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- The consumer group Public Citizen is calling on federal regulators to ban the weight-loss pill Meridia because a recent study links it to an increased risk of......
    4. Nov 23, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?

    Rina Silverman's refrigerator is almost always empty. She keeps it that way to avert episodes of frantic food consumption, often at night after a full meal, in which she tastes nothing and feels nothing but can polish off a party-sized bag of chips or a container of ice cream, maybe a whole box of cereal. The food she's eating at these moments hardly matters.
    Rina Silverman's refrigerator is almost always empty. She keeps it that way to avert episodes of frantic food consumption, often at night after a full meal, in which she tastes nothing and feels nothing but can polish off a party-sized bag of chips or a...

    Tags: Rutgers University, Depression, Epidemics and Plagues, Columbia University, Symptoms

    5. Jan 22, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Heart and stroke patients warned against use of weight-loss drug Meridia

    Booster Shots
    The FDA has issued a new warning on the weight-loss drug sibutramine (marketed as Meridia or Reductil), cautioning patients with a history of heart disease or an elevated stroke risk that use of the drug could further boost the likelihood......
    6. Jan 4, 2011 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  6. FDA Warns Against 'Fruta Planta' Weight Loss Drug

    The FDA is warning consumers about a weight loss drug that could be deadly.
    KTLA News
    The FDA is warning consumers about a weight loss drug that could be deadly. Fruta Planta has been linked to several heart attacks and at least one death, according to officials. The maker of the product, Kissimmee-based PRock Marketing, is recalling all...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Weight, Heart Failure, Food and Drug Administration, Cardiac Arrhythmia

    7. Sep 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The scorecard on obesity drugs: 0 for 3

    This is not shaping up to be a good year for people seeking medical help for weight loss. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday voted against recommending approval of the drug lorcaserin. This is the third negative vote on prescription obesity drugs this year by the advisory committee.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    This is not shaping up to be a good year for people seeking medical help for weight loss. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday voted against recommending approval of the drug lorcaserin. This is the third negative vote on...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Weight, Heart Disease, Vivus Incorporated

    8. Jul 14, 2010 |Story| Associated Press
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    Tags: Education, Headaches, Heart Disease, Natural Resources, Vivus Incorporated

    9. Apr 3, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Try this bedbug trap

    Q: How can I tell if my apartment is infested with bedbugs? A friend has just gone through a nightmare experience trying to get rid of them. She had to throw out her mattress, couch and other furniture, have the whole place fumigated and everything dry-cleaned. It cost thousands of dollars.
    King Features Syndicate
    Q: How can I tell if my apartment is infested with bedbugs? A friend has just gone through a nightmare experience trying to get rid of them. She had to throw out her mattress, couch and other furniture, have the whole place fumigated and everything dry-...

    Tags: Atenolol (drug), Heart Attack, Invasive Species, Rutgers University, Lotteries

    10. Jul 1, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  10. Weight loss drugs have many drawbacks

    Q: Is there a diet pill available that is safe to use and really works? A: I wish we had a pill that could help people lose weight easily. None of the medicines on the market are worth using, if you ask me. Drugs for weight loss that are sold over-the-...

    Tags: Education, Overweight, Weight Loss, Health and Safety at School, Anxiety

    11. Mar 5, 2009 |Story| KTVI

  11. Contact 2: Drugs for Sale on Facebook

    A Jefferson County woman responded to an online ad on Facebook for a prescription weight-loss drug. The website offered controlled substances delivered through the mail--no doctor needed.
    A Jefferson County woman responded to an online ad on Facebook for a prescription weight-loss drug. The website offered controlled substances delivered through the mail--no doctor needed. Gina Kossman says she ordered Meridia, a prescription weight-...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health

    12. Mar 6, 2009 |Story| KPLR-LTV

  12. An Online Ad for Weightloss Drugs Delivered Something Unexpected.

    A Jefferson County woman responded to an online ad on Facebook for a prescription weight-loss drug.  The website offered controlled substances delivered through the mail--no doctor needed.  Gina Kossman says she ordered Meridia, a prescription weight-loss...

    Tags: Online Media Industry, Drugs and Medicines, Health

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