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...does occur in the middle of a defensive series, then Murphy, his vision blurred and his mind wandering, will trudge over to the sidelines and take a glucose pill. No big deal—10 minutes later, he’ll be fine...
...whether the addition of these new concepts--glycemic load, a redrawn food pyramid--can restore sanity to a collective eating binge that has spiraled out of control. And if not, then what can? An appetite suppressant that makes people eat less but has no side effects? A thermogenesis pill that one can take after overindulging in ice cream...
...Barbie drug, as some have dubbed Melanotan II. Researchers looking for a sunless way to trigger tanning came across the compound in 1991. Men who took the drug got tan and reported side effects in their shorts. Later tests on lab rats showed that, unlike Viagra, this miracle pill was not just for males: female lab rats that took it showed more courting behavior. The reason: Melanotan works on the brain center that handles sexual arousal. But the drug companies are seeking approval for Melanotan one use at a time. The University of Arizona, which developed the drug, has licensed...
...thing seems pretty clear: any future medical treatment of obesity will probably require a combination of drugs. Imagine for a moment, says Dr. Michael Schwartz, an endocrinologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, that scientists figure out a way to turn PYY into an easy-to-swallow pill, that the pill turns out to work for a wide range of people and that those who take it begin losing weight and shed, say, 5% to 8% of their body weight. At that point, some of the other hormones that affect long-term weight control, such as leptin and insulin...
...results like this under lab conditions and making a drug that's safe and effective are two very different matters. For one thing, nobody is going to brave a hypodermic needle just to avoid eating a third helping of tandoori chicken; yet if you put PYY in a simple pill, it will quickly be destroyed by stomach acids. For another, nobody knows what the side effects of ingesting this hormone for months or years might be. It's quite possible, as with so many other biologically active substances, that the body will quickly build a tolerance to any excess...