Archive for the 'Weight loss' Category

Inspirational Weight Loss Video

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Here’s a very inspirational story of a woman who recently lost over 100 pounds in less than ten months. She initially weighed 266 pounds. In the before photo here, she weighed 255 pounds last August. In the ‘after’ photo she weighs 145 pounds by May. Check out her very beautiful and inspirational video where she [...]

Victoza could be used to tackle severe obesity

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Victoza has been on the market in Europe since last year. It’s used to treat the early stages of type 2. Victoza has been so successful in reducing patients’ weight that the company Novo Nordisk is considering testing whether Victoza could be used to treat severe obesity – a condition often associated with diabetes. Novo [...]

Victoza could be used to tackle severe obesity

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Victoza has been on the market in Europe since last year. It’s used to treat the early stages of type 2. Victoza has been so successful in reducing patients’ weight that the company Novo Nordisk is considering testing whether Victoza could be used to treat severe obesity – a condition often associated with diabetes. Novo [...]

Drinking water helps people lose weight and can silence people who say they can’t lose weight

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

The researchers split a group of adults into two groups. Both consumed a low-calorie diet, but one also consumed two glasses of water before each meal. After 12 weeks, those who consumed water lost five pounds more than those who didn’t. The researchers attribute the difference in weight loss to people feeling fuller by drinking [...]

Inspirational Weight Loss Video

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Here’s a very inspirational story of a woman who recently lost over 100 pounds in less than ten months. She initially weighed 266 pounds. In the before photo here, she weighed 255 pounds last August. In the ‘after’ photo she weighs 145 pounds by May. Check out her very beautiful and inspirational video where she [...]

Treadmill Success Story

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Janet used to weigh 337 pounds. She bought a treadmill and initially just walked on it for five minutes a day. She increased the time gradually. By the time the treadmill gave out she had put 3,000 miles on it over two years and had lost 100 pounds. She was eager to buy another one. [...]

Treadmill Success Story

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Janet used to weigh 337 pounds. She bought a treadmill and initially just walked on it for five minutes a day. She increased the time gradually. By the time the treadmill gave out she had put 3,000 miles on it over two years and had lost 100 pounds. She was eager to buy another one. [...]

Four people on rimonabant had killed themselves

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

A major trial linked the drug to a slightly higher suicide rate. The trial wasn’t testing the drug’s weight loss benefits, but whether it might prevent heart problems. It was supposed to follow more than 18,000 patients in 42 countries for three years. Roughly half were given rimonabant while the other half were given a placebo. [...]

Four people on rimonabant had killed themselves

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

A major trial linked the drug to a slightly higher suicide rate. The trial wasn’t testing the drug’s weight loss benefits, but whether it might prevent heart problems. It was supposed to follow more than 18,000 patients in 42 countries for three years. Roughly half were given rimonabant while the other half were given a placebo. [...]

Zeltiq: hottest new weight-loss procedure, freeze hard-to-shift flab to death

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Zeltiq uses a cooling method called cryolipolysis to target, chill and break down fat cells. Experts are heralding the non-invasive procedure as a revolutionary new concept in weight loss. ‘For years, we’ve been heating fat to melt it away,’ says new York dermatologist Dr David Goldberg, who was involved in the clinical trials of Zeltiq. [...]