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Anderson Independent-Mail - Local weight loss experts say selling a fat-blocking diet pill over the counter - bypassing prescriptions - could be a big mistake. A panel of experts voted 11-3 late Monday to recommend that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approve over-the

Sorry, Soy
ABC News - DALLAS Jan 23, 2006 Veggie burgers and tofu might not be so great at warding off heart disease after all. An American Heart Association committee reviewed a decade of studies on soy's benefits and came up with results that are now casting doubt on

Heart-disease predictors are deficient
Spokane Journal of Business - Traditional risk-factor scoring fails to identify approximately one-third of women likely to develop coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading cause of death of women in the U.S., according to a pair of reports from cardiologists at the Johns Hopkins

Study finds how fat can lead to diabetes
Arizona Daily Star - WASHINGTON Diets high in fat can disrupt blood sugar levels and trigger diabetes, researchers said in a study Wednesday that helps explain the link between obesity and a disease typically linked to sugar. Fatty foods can suppress an enzyme