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TUESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite appearances to the contrary, more than half of normal-weight Americans have a high percentage of body fat. And, like their overweight contemporaries, this makes them susceptible to heart disease, diabetes

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders If you have been diagnosed with PTSD for at least three months prior to study entry and have a negative urine toxicology durin

Sleep May Help Kids Keep Slim

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Eating right and being active are well-known ways to try to keep a child\'s weight in check, but a new study points to another potential weapon in the fight against childhood obesity -- sleep. Researchers at Nor

FDA OKs 1st Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Drug

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The first non-prescription drug to treat obesity in American adults was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, called alli (orlistat), is designed to be used only in tandem with a

Orlistat Approved for Over-the-Counter Sale

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an over-the-counter version of orlistat, a prescription weight-loss drug available in the United States since 1999. The OTC version, to be known as Alli, is rec

Experts Devise New Women's Heart Risk Predictor

TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Women may soon have a better idea of what their actual cardiovascular disease risk is for the next 10 years and beyond. That\'s because researchers from Brigham and Women\'s Hospital in Boston have developed a n

Niacin Molecule Blockers Might Help Slow Aging

FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs that block a component of vitamin B3 (also known as niacin) might help slow aging, new research suggests. A team at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia found that this niacin component, nicotinamide, is abl

Health Tip: Having Endoscopy?

(HealthDay News) -- An endoscope is a small, flexible tube with a camera on one end. The device -- inserted surgically or through the mouth or anus -- is used to examine various parts of the body, including the joints, lungs, bladder, digestive trac

FDA OKs 1st Over-the-Counter Weight-Loss Drug

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The first nonprescription drug to treat obesity in American adults was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, called alli (orlistat), is designed to be used only in tandem with a

Niacin Molecule Might Help Slow Aging

FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A component of vitamin B3 (also known as niacin) may help scientists develop anti-aging drugs, new research suggests. A team at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia found that this component, nicotinamide, is able

Age Brings More Fat, Less Muscle

SATURDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Older Americans face a \"double whammy\" when it comes to body fat, a new study finds. Up until age 80, older adults gain fat but lose muscle as they age and, because of the obesity epidemic in the United States

Drug Could Help Save Mountain Climbers' Lives

TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to ease \"mountain sickness\" holds promise as a treatment for a potentially fatal condition that can strike high-altitude climbers, researchers report. In tests that exposed human subjects to a simul

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