| Most Significant 'Wait Loss' for Diet Drug Acomplia Is Loss of ...
As month after month passes with no sign of imminent FDA action on diet drug rimonabant (Acomplia / Zimulti), the most significant "wait loss" taking place is loss of the hugh lead Sanofi-Aventis once had in developing a novel approach to weight-loss based on blocking the CB-1 receptors in the brain. A year ago, the French pharmaceutical company seemed likely to have several years where it would be alone in the multi-billion-dollar weight-loss market with a diet drug that produced highly promising results in clinical trials. But today, both Merck and Co. and Pfizer have begun Phase III trials of rival CB-1 antagonists (we get excited reports of encouraging results from participants in these trials weekly), and Merck has said it plans to seek FDA approval for its diet pill next year.
Natural diet supplement Hoodia put to test in weight loss challenge
(LOUISVILLE) -- America's growing waistline, is no small problem. Fat is to blame for ballooning health care costs, plummeting self esteem, and a long list of other problems. But Africa could hold the answer to this weighty issue. WAVE 3's Carrie Weil takes a look at the plant, and now diet supplement, called Hoodia. It's a phrase Mary Clark has been hearing a lot from customers concerning the benefits of Hoodia after they see a story about it on TV. "I saw this on 60 minutes, I saw this on Oprah, I saw this on WAVE 3." Clark manages the southern Indiana location of Rainbow Blossom, a natural foods market. She says the marketing buzz is in such overdrive concerning Hoodia, that Rainbow Blossom has a hard time keeping it in stock. As popular as the product is here, it's old news in Africa.
Tidbits: Frozen baby-food cubes
Mr. Tidbit would be the first to acknowledge that he's not up on trends in baby food. So you could have knocked him over with a spoonful of flavorless gray mush when he looked at the range of baby food not long ago and saw so many organic varieties. Even so, he didn't expect the next step: Happy Baby organic baby food in little frozen 1-ounce cubes, in "very smooth" for babies 6 months and older, and "a little chunky" for babies 9 months and older. One microwaves in about 20 seconds (or carry it to thaw in a plastic bag), and you haven't opened a jar that's too much for one serving.Most of the Happy Baby varieties contain only the named organic fruit or vegetable and maybe some water; a few also contain a little organic something added for flavor, or a combination of organic ingredients: The "Yes Peas" have a little mint; "Mama Grain" is bananas, quinoa and black beans.
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