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Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban (Reuters)

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Abbott diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban (Reuters)

Reuters - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/hl_nm/us_abbott_ban

 

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Abbott’s diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban (Reuters)

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Abbott’s diet drug study renews calls for U.S. ban (Reuters)

Reuters - A study funded by Abbott Laboratories offered more detailed evidence that its weight-loss drug Meridia increases heart risks, prompting renewed calls by consumer advocates and others to pull the drug from the market.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/hl_nm/us_abbott_meridia

 

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Americans Blind to the Obesity Epidemic (HealthDay)

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Americans Blind to the Obesity Epidemic (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans have skewed
perceptions when it comes to their weight, often believing they are
lighter than they actually are, even when the scales are shouting
otherwise, a new poll finds.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weightloss/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100902/hl_hsn/americansblindtotheobesityepidemic

 

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Study: 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection (AP)

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Study: 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection (AP)

AP - A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_he_me/us_med_dirty_kitchens

 

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Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP)

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Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP)

Food and Medicine Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.

URL: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_he_me/us_allergan_settlement

 

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