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U.S. Scientists: Some Weight-Loss Drugs Might Disrupt Brain Growth in Kids

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Posted: Wed., May 7, 2008, 10:37 am
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Topics: Weight Management, Brain Growth, FDA, kids, Research, Rimonabant, Treatments - Traditional, Weight-Loss, EmpowHer News
     

WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of weight-loss drugs that suppresses appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain should be used with caution in children, U.S. scientists report.
     
     
     
     
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Possible Reason for Rimonabant's Side Effects Discovered

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Posted: Wed., March 12, 2008, 12:21 pm
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Topics: Weight Management, Acomplia, Medication, Research, Rimonabant, Side Effects, weight-loss drug, EmpowHer News
     

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- The weight-loss drug rimonabant has been associated with troubling psychiatric side effects, and now researchers think they have discovered why.
     
     
     
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