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...anti-obesity drugs, showed unambiguously that orlistat (Xenical), sibutramine (Meridia) and rimonabant (Acomplia) all resulted in weight loss - but the drugs' benefits extended beyond that. In one four-year trial, orlistat reduced the incidence of type 2 diabetes by almost a third; orlistat and rimonabant both cut patients' blood pressure; all three drugs lowered certain kinds of cholesterol. Not much data exists yet on the drugs' long-term effect on sickness and mortality, but further trials are underway...
...reasons are many. A course of medication can be expensive - hundreds of dollars a year. Drugs also have side effects. Orlistat prompts weight loss by limiting the body's ability to absorb fat, but that can result in oily feces and sometimes incontinence. Sibutramine can raise blood pressure and lead to nausea and insomnia. Rimonabant is associated with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety. Still, Padwal says, "I think the main problem is the disappointment." For a lot of patients, the meager results of the medication don't justify their cost and unpleasantness...
...m.p.h. (23 km/h) wasn't exactly blazing but was a big improvement over the 2004 race, in which no robots finished at all. The atmosphere was celebratory, though tempered by the uncanniness of watching driverless cars ŕ la Stephen King's Christine, a 1958 Plymouth with a taste for blood. "It's pretty creepy when your vehicle starts beeping and it peels out," says a grad student on the MIT team, which placed fourth. "You're sitting here thinking, Oh my God, what's happening? But when it comes back to you at the end? That's really awesome...
...Copious amounts of water are then consumed. RLD: After nearly three gallons of water in under 50 minutes, Davis again began to sweat profusely and suffered from a mild case of overactive bladder syndrome. AFN: Diagnosed with acute hyponatremia, a condition marked by electrolyte imbalances, priapism, and low blood sodium levels. Briefly hospitalized. ANALYSIS OF RESULTS After AFN’s stint in Mount Auburn Hospital, the study was aborted. Planned but unperformed experiments included playing “45:33” while engaging in underwater combat, dining in fine restaurants, and chopping vegetables for a winter stew. Post...
Disario said he stayed with Colono until Boston Emergency Medical Service officers arrived on the scene. He said that when he checked Colono’s carotid artery for a pulse it was faint, which indicated that Colono “was losing blood somewhere...