FDA Warns Consumers about Brazilian Diet Pills
January 13, 2006 FDA Warns Consumers about Brazilian Diet Pills Found to Contain Active Drug Ingredients Emagrece Sim and Herbathin Dietary Supplements May be Harmful The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Some Diet Sodas May Ward Off Kidney Stones
WEDNESDAY, April 29 -- Drinking diet sodas, especially those with a citrus flavor, might help ward off painful calcium deposits known as kidney stones. The drinks contain citrate, which...

Grapefruit-Heavy Diet Helped Spur Dangerous Clot
THURSDAY, April 2 -- A rare set of interactions involving grapefruit juice, birth control pills and a genetic mutation almost cost a 42-year-old woman her leg, physicians report. 'It started when she was driving in the car one afternoon,' said...

Health Highlights: Jan. 27, 2009
...taking Plavix but doctors should be cautious when prescribing heartburn drugs to patients taking the blood thinner, the FDA said. ----- Imported Diet Pills May Contain Amphetamines: Study Consumers and doctors need to know that illegal diet pills from South America may contain amphetamines, warns...

Capsule archive mid-Jan 04
...bleeding patterns associated with repeated use of Plan B make frequent use impractical.' Contraindications for Plan B Progestin-only contraceptive pills (POPs) are used as a routine method of birth control over longer periods of time, and are contraindicated in some conditions. It is not known whether...

Non-Prescription Xenical: Adults Only
...you old enough to lose weight? Xenical (orlistat) manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline wants to produce a non-prescription strength version of the popular diet drug, according to a report published by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on January 14. But restrictions may apply-buyers must prove they are not underage....

The Dark Side of Vegetarianism
WEDNESDAY, April 1 -- Despite its proven health benefits, a vegetarian diet might in fact be masking an underlying eating disorder, new research suggests. The study, in the April issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic...

FDA Approves alli (orlistat 60 mg capsules) Over-The-Counter
...OTC orlistat under the brand name alli(TM) (pronounced AL-eye). Approved for use by overweight adults in conjunction with a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet, alli helps people lose 50 percent more weight than with diet alone. alli is the only FDA-approved weight-loss product available to consumers without...

Vegetable Amino Acid Lowers Blood Pressure
...have discovered that one of the most common amino acids in vegetable protein seems to lower blood pressure. Analysis of data from an international diet study shows that a 4.72 percent higher intake of glutamic acid as a portion of total dietary protein correlates with a 1.5- to 3-point reduction in...

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