FDA Approves Weight Loss 'Belly Balloon'

Obese Americans struggling to shed pounds have a new weight-loss option
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FDA Approves 'Belly Balloon' Device for Weight Loss

Obese Americans struggling to shed pounds have a new weight-loss option: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a temporary, implanted balloon device to...
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Consumers Take the Food Ingredient Fight Online

After 4-year-old Trenton Shutters started pre-K, his behavior changed dramatically. When things didn't go his way, "he would have a meltdown to the point of being inconsolable," his mother...
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Your Food May Not Be What You Think It Is

The food you're placing in your grocery cart may not be exactly what it says it is. One-hundred percent olive oil? It could have canola or peanut oil. Honey? Might be mostly cane syrup. Parmesan...
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The Dirty Secrets of 'Clean' Labels

Consumers have become deeply distrustful of their food. There's Samantha Adams, who had her "aha moment" when she happened to read the label of the barbecue sauce she was...
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Change in 'Pap' Test Rules Linked to Drop in STD Testing

A major change in Pap test guidelines introduced in 2009 may have had an unintended consequence: Some young women are missing out on screening for chlamydia -- a...
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Hospitalization Rates Jump Near 'Fracking' Sites: Study

People who live near "fracking" sites may be at increased risk for hospitalization for heart problems, neurological disorders and other conditions, new research suggests. Hydraulic fracturing...
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 Drugs and Medications

varenicline, Chantix

Varenicline is an oral drug that is used to promote cessation of smoking. It competes with nicotine from cigarettes for binding to nicotine receptors in the brain....
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