Obesity causes 100,000 U.S. cancer cases, group says (Reuters)
Takeda, Amylin to co-develop obesity drugs (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical and U.S. Amylin Pharmaceuticals said on Monday they will co-develop and commercialize drugs to treat obesity, including two Amylin drugs in mid-stage trials. New York study says menu labeling affects behavior (Reuters) Reuters - New York's mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect. Obese women often gain too many pregnancy pounds (Reuters) Reuters - Most obese women gain more weight than is recommended during pregnancy, and may find those pounds tough to shed in the long run, a new study suggests. Orexigen obesity drug shows added benefits: studies (Reuters) Reuters - Nearly half of patients who completed 56 weeks of treatment with Orexigen Therapeutics Inc's experimental obesity treatment, Contrave, lost at least 10 percent of their weight in a late-stage study and the drug also appeared to help cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug liraglutide helps obese people without diabetes lose weight, researchers have found. Diabetes drug helps obese adults loss weight (Reuters) Reuters - Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in The Lancet this week. Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb (AP)
Diabetes drug also helps weight loss for obese: study (AFP)
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AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
AP - When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.
AFP - A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.
