(Credit: CBS News) (CBS News) Is it safe for a pregnant woman to go on a diet? According to a new study, not only is it safe, but it can even be beneficial and reduce the risk of dangerous complications. Study: Autism risk tied to mom’s obesity during pregnancy1 out of 5 white women smoke [...]

In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring “the kitchen is closed” seems a quaint relic of an earlier era. It also harks back to a thinner America. And that may be no coincidence. [...]

A study on rats suggests that eating a high fructose diet for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. Luckily, a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can counteract this IQ loss, researchers suggest. “Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” study researcher Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, of the University of [...]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve been bombarded recently with startling news about the out-of-control obesity epidemic and the ruin it is causing. It’s been in the headlines repeatedly and is the subject of HBO’s Weight of the Nation TV special. What you haven’t seen in the headlines is that we now know [...]

The brain freeze from that hot fudge sundae might last longer than you think. A new UCLA study on rats is the first to show how a diet high in processed sugar slows the brain, hampering memory and learning. “Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think,” study author Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a [...]

KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. — A year after gastric bypass surgery, Hilary Lane was no longer a size 24 and was fast on her way to fitting into a slim 6. Gannett “I want people to understand the risks involved,” says Randy Lane at his Kingston Springs, Tenn. His wife, Hilary, died in April after wasting [...]

Diet Doc hCG Weight Loss publishes recent report showing people losing 30 pounds in one month with a new doctor designed diet utilizing a personalized weight loss program, which speaks to each individual’s health history resulting in rapid weight loss. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 15, 2012 Diet Doc hCG Diet Program publishes the findings [...]

NANTERRE, France (Reuters) – French drugmaker Servier and its founder went on trial on Monday accused of misleading patients and authorities about a diabetes drug often prescribed for weight loss that officials blame for at least 500 deaths. The case, one of France’s worst health scandals, has put authorities under scrutiny for allowing the sale [...]

(NANTERRE, France) — Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one before the court can proceed. The trial of Servier on charges of “aggravated deception” opened in Nanterre, [...]

Government advisers recommended approval on Thursday of a weight-loss drug developed by Arena Pharmaceuticals, making it likely that a new obesity treatment will reach the market this year. Lucas Jackson/Reuters The new drug lorcaserin, if approved by the Food and Drug Administration, will give people another tool to fight obesity. An advisory committee to the [...]