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...Before it was amphetamines, which proved to be addictive, and now it's Redux and fenfluramine, which have been linked to heart trouble. What most overweight people really need, therefore, is a better diet and more exercise." Sound advice. But as long as drug companies continue to tout magic weight-loss solutions, health club memberships and orders at the salad bar aren't about to increase...
...behest of an English Prime Minister, too. There was a refreshing whiff of honesty in the air: Steven Biko's killers admitted their crime, and Pentagon Top Brass said Army sex scandals were a product of poor leadership. Even the doctor who once championed the disgraced weight-loss drug Redux ? and made a nice little profit in doing so ? came out and said his mea culpas...
...operation begins to remove the flowers from Kensington Palace, new questions are being asked about Diana's death (People Daily) ... An Indian flag covers Mother Teresa's body as her adopted country salutes the Calcutta nun (Reuters) ... The doctor who wrote the definitive book on Redux has denounced the weight-loss drug (TIME Daily) ... Diet pill problems notwithstanding, Americans are living longer (Reuters), especially middle-aged mothers (TIME Daily) ... And more of them are doing grocery shopping online ? which is expected to become a $60-$80 billion-a-year industry in the next decade (The Netly News...
NEWARK, N.J.: The doctor who championed the weight-loss drug Redux in his book "The Redux Revolution" has had a change of heart after learning the medication may have an adverse effect on the ticker. Dr. Sheldon Levine, whose book helped put the anti-fat drug on the map, said he will not prescribe it until future studies reassure him of its safety...
DANGER IN DIET PILLS The weight-loss combo fen/phen is responsible for 82 cases of a rare heart-valve problem. Also, studies find that Redux, thought to be a safer choice, depletes animal brains of serotonin, the neurotransmitter that controls mood...