Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-02 09:42:00)
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Amylin signs obesity drug deal with Takeda (AP via Yahoo! News) Quote:
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. says it could potentially receive more than $1 billion from a partnership with Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. on potential obesity treatments. published 11-02-2009 07:35 AM More... Have a read of the article and post your comments here....
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-02 09:42:00)
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Body Oracle that claims to help weight loss (
Daily Telegraph) Quote: Body Oracle that claims to help weight loss (Daily Telegraph)
Can a new weight loss system target body fat without requiring painful trips to the gym? published 11-02-2009 02:10 AM More... Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-02 09:42:00)
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Amylin Signs Obesity Drug Deal With Takeda (ABC News) Quote:
Amylin Pharmaceuticals signs obesity drug deal with Takeda potentially worth over $1 billion published 11-02-2009 08:16 AM More... Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-02 09:42:00)
by FatNewsBot
Fat cats live the high life (Daily
Telegraph) Quote: Fat cats live the high life (Daily Telegraph)
HEALTH fat cats have been travelling to exotic destinations such as Honolulu and Singapore - some in business class - while the state's hospitals axe services. published 11-02-2009 06:55 AM More... Have a read of the article and post your comments ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-02 09:42:00)
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Very Low
Body Fat Linked To Increased Risk Of Death For Dialysis Patients (Medical Ne Quote: Very Low Body Fat Linked To Increased Risk Of Death For Dialysis Patients (Medical News Today)
Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death - even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research presented at the ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-03 09:54:00)
by FatNewsBot
Gervais: Lock fat in cupboards (The Sun) Quote: Gervais: Lock fat in cupboards (The Sun)
TUBBY comic says
fat people should be locked up for their own good - or put down published 11-03-2009 07:14 AM More... Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-03 09:54:00)
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Joke's on fat-crack attorney (
New York Post) Quote: Joke's on fat-crack attorney (New York Post)
A defense lawyer was fined $2,500 and barred from city administrative court after throwing tantrums and cracking fat jokes about an overweight prosecutor during a sexual-harassment hearing. Raphael Scotto, 62, screamed at a city administrative judg... published 11-03-...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-03 09:54:00)
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Child obesity rates 'may be slowing down' (AFP via
Yahoo! News) Quote:
The recent sharp rise in child obesity may be about to level off, according to research released by the National Heart Forum (NHF) on Tuesday. published 11-03-2009 05:43 AM More... Have a read of the article and post your comments here.
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Started 6 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-04 10:10:00)
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Closing arguments set in NJ 'fat' defense case (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) Quote: Closing arguments set in NJ 'fat' defense case (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Attorneys in New Jersey are set to make closing statements Wednesday in the trial of a Florida man who claims he was too fat to have killed his former
son-in-law. published 11-04-2009 07:45 AM More... ...
Started 6 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-04 10:10:00)
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Obesity puts swine flu sufferers at greater risk, study suggests (Los Angeles Times) Quote:
A study in California shows that about a quarter of the people hospitalized for H1N1 complications were morbidly obese, even though less than 5% of the population falls into that category. Obesity appears to be a
risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing ...