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- Weight-Loss Surgery, No Cutting Required
- Sabinsa Challenges GSK Weight Loss Claim Petition In Comments …
- Hospital gains with weight loss
Weight-Loss Surgery, No Cutting Required
New York Times, United States
Marc Bessler, above right, and Dr. Daniel Davis performed a new kind of weight-loss surgery that passes a stapler down the throat to staple the stomach. A Patient’s ProgressThis is the first in a series of articles that will periodically chronicle Karleen Perez’s efforts to lose weight.
Sabinsa Challenges GSK Weight Loss Claim Petition In Comments …
NPIcenter (press release), Canada
GSK?s petition says that being overweight is a significant risk factor for certain diseases and therefore products purported to aid weight loss should be treated as drugs. The petition further claims that there is no credible scientific evidence to back up claims on any dietary supplement products. ?GSK appears to be using this petition in an attempt gain a monopoly in the OTC weight loss category,? stated industry regulatory attorney Marc Ullman, who drafted Sabinsa?s comments. ?Consumers have spoken with their rejection of Alli and its side effects. It is unacceptable for GSK to use the FDA to try to knock any competition out of the market and deny consumers a choice of products.
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Hospital gains with weight loss
Daily Breeze, CA
“People just assume you’re either lazy or just stupid,” he said. “They definitely treat you differently. ” Two years ago, Martinez decided to have gastric bypass surgery, a weight-loss procedure that is becoming more common as the rates of obesity and the health risks associated with it – diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea – skyrocket.
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