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...shed a few pounds would be easier to keep. And the canny scientists and entrepreneurs who developed this antiflab formula would be richer than Ross Perot. Unfortunately, repeated efforts to produce a weight-loss wonder drug have been no more successful than Perot's presidential bid. Dozens of diet pills have come and gone, raking in billions of dollars for pharmaceutical manufacturers. But for long-term effectiveness, the pills might as well have been chocolate-covered bonbons...
...include several drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration and some that are available by prescription but up to now have been used for purposes other than weight loss. They appear to be much safer than addicive amphetamines -- whose widespread abuse 20 years ago temporarily gave diet pills a bad reputation -- and may be far more effective than the many popular over-the-counter remedies, such as Dexatrim and Acutrim, that are marketed as appetite suppressants. Nonetheless, Hamilton and other doctors caution that the new medications do not work for everyone and cannot do the job entirely...
...fenfluramine, which may boost serotonin levels, improved an obese person's chances of losing weight. Of the 120 people in the study, those who took the drugs achieved an average 16% weight loss over eight months, compared with a 5% loss for those who had to depend on diet and exercise alone. By the end of the trail, nearly all participatnts had added back some of the lost weight, but those who were part of the drug-treatment group had regianed fewer poiunds. More research is needed to identify possible side effects...
...some 40 that are in print now -- as well as character dolls of the Concord girls, period clothing from Lanz, antique-style jewelry at J.C. Penney and baskets of scented products from Crabtree & Evelyn. The Alcotts would be in awe of every item. They had few possessions, and their diet consisted mostly of the "aspiring" vegetables -- grown aboveground -- that papa Bronson approved...
From the results of her studies, Frisch concluded that long-term moderate exercise and cutting out carbonated beverages from the diet are of extreme benefit to women...