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IUD Use Tied to Modest Weight Loss TUESDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) — Women who use an intrauterine device (IUD) as birth control may not have to worry about gaining weight after the device is implanted, new research suggests. U.S. … Continue reading →

Research May Point to New Obesity Treatments SUNDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) — Scientists who found a way to make white fat behave more like brown fat say their discovery could lead to new obesity treatments. Digest powered by RSS … Continue reading →

Rising Obesity Rates Might Mean More Rheumatoid Arthritis FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that severe weight gain might raise the risk for rheumatoid arthritis — a painful, chronic ailment — especially among obese women. Digest … Continue reading →

Wash. mayors get started on weight-loss campaigns Sean Guard watched other people exercising from the window of his car or his office in City Hall, as the pounds piled on slowly, a little bit at a time. The Washougal mayor … Continue reading →

Study Finds Direct Link Between Obesity, Heart Disease WEDNESDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — A large new study is the first to show a direct link between a high body-mass index and the risk of developing heart disease, British and … Continue reading →

Healthy Weight Loss May Also Cut Your Cancer Risk TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) — Moderate weight loss reduces levels of inflammation that have been tied to certain cancers, at least in postmenopausal women, a new study suggests. UK doctors … Continue reading →

Hungary to punish diabetics if they don’t stick to diet Hungarian diabetics who fail to stick to their diet will be deprived of more modern treatments from July, under a government decree published Monday aimed at cutting health spending. Nestle … Continue reading →

Food giant Nestle buys Pfizer Nutrition for $11.85 bln Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday it has agreed to pay $11.85 billion to acquire infant food maker Pfizer Nutrition, which generates about 85 percent of its sales from emerging … Continue reading →

Starbucks to phase out coloring from crushed beetles (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp said on its blog on Thursday that it will stop using a natural, government-approved coloring made from crushed beetles in its strawberry flavoring by late June, bowing to … Continue reading →

Weight-Loss Surgery Beat Drugs for Cutting Diabetes in Very Obese MONDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — A bariatric surgical procedure is more likely than medicine to improve or even reverse type 2 diabetes in very obese patients, a new small … Continue reading →