Tampering: GSK recalls weight-loss drug Alli in USGlaxoSmithKline is recalling all supplies of its non-prescription weight-loss drug Alli in the US and Puerto Rico after customers reported finding other pills and tablets in some bottles. The news is a fresh blow for a product onc More… |
Fewer heart attacks after weight-loss surgeryObese people who had weight-loss surgery were less likely to later suffer a heart attack or stroke, or to die from one, compared to people who did not have the surgery, according to a Swedish study. The findings, published in the Journal More… |
Weight-loss drug 'overrated'Users of Alli, the first weight-loss drug approved for sale over-the-counter in the United States, are finding what they likely suspected all along: pills are no magic substitute for diet and exercise. Yet as Americans engage in the New Ye More… |