Compulsive Eating Similar to Drug Addiction, Researchers Say
A new study from the Scripps Research Institute has shown that the molecular mechanism that causes drug addiction is the same mechanism that drives people to compulsively eat.
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Three Companies Race for Obesity Drug Approval
The race for an anti-obesity drug intensified Wednesday with the latest mid-stage trial data from Orexigen Therapeutics.
Covidien Launches Nationwide Type 2 Diabetes Campaign
The Our Resolution movement is focused around the discovery that gastric bypass surgery resolves diabetes in approximately 77 percent of morbidly obese patients.
VIVUS’ Qnexa Shows Promise For Diabetics
VIVUS, a pharmaceutical company specializing in products to treat sexual function, announced that their experimental obesity drug Qnexa was shown to improve blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes.
VIVUS Initiates Safety Study for Erectile Dysfunction Drug
Pharmaceutical company VIVUS has initiated an open label safety study of the investigational drug avanafil in males with erectile dysfunction.