11/22/2008
PEERtrainer Launches 'Tip Of The Day' Weight Loss Coaching Newsletter (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The PEERtrainer "Tip Of The Day" is a free service that delivers you one key concept each day to your inbox. Subjects covered include weight loss, nutrition, fitness, preventive health and motivation.
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11/21/2008
The wider implications of GSK's weight loss petition (Nutraingredients.com)
Filed last month with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the petition claims that although obesity is not a 'disease' in itself, it can lead to a host of conditions including diabetes and heart disease, and weight loss products should therefore carry disease claims rather than health claims.
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11/20/2008
Weight loss surgery helps obese women have healthier babies (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 5:19 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. Women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies and healthier babies than do obese women who become pregnant, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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11/20/2008
Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant.
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11/20/2008
Scale Down Weight Loss To Hold Free Seminar (WSPA Spartanburg)
Scale Down Weight Loss Programs will offer a free community seminar on December 4 at The Horizon Center in downtown Spartanburg.
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11/19/2008
Weight-loss surgery helps with pregnancy: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Women who get pregnant after weight-loss surgery tend to be healthier and less likely to deliver a baby born with complications compared to obese women, researchers said on Tuesday.
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11/19/2008
CMS Will Not Cover Weight-Loss Surgeries For Non-Obese Diabetes Patients (Medical News Today)
CMS on Monday said that it will not cover weight-loss surgery for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes who are not dangerously overweight because there is not ample evidence proving the procedure can improve their health, Reuters/Yahoo! News reports. Currently, Medicare and private insurers cover weight-loss surgeries, which range in cost from $15,000 to $35,000, for severely obese people.
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11/19/2008
Some Pregnancy-Related Complications Minimized For Women Who Have Had Weight-Loss Surgery (Medical News Today)
Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure-- complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby--than pregnant women who are obese, according t
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11/22/2008
Weight Loss Hypnosis: Lose Weight While Sleeping (CBS4 Miami)
Snooze and loose: that's right! There is a way to lose weight while you sleep and now, people say it's taking all the work out of dieting. Research has shown hypnosis is generally safe and for people who are already committed to dieting, it can be helpful.
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11/19/2008
Hospital holds free weight-loss seminar (Statesville Record & Landmark)
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center will hold a free educational seminar on surgical weight loss on Monday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
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