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Cholesterol Could Hold Key To Parkinson's Cure

by Robert MacKay, Tuesday, 06 October 2009 | Categories: Cholesterol

A team of scientists have said that they believe that cholesterol is important for the development of brain cells, findings they hope will lead to the development of new treatments for Parkinson’s Disease...

Hong Kong Consumers Warned Over Illegal Reductil

by Robert MacKay, Tuesday, 06 October 2009 | Categories: Reductil

Consumers in Hong Kong have been warned not to take a slimming product after it was discovered to contain two medications only liscensed to be taken with a prescription...

The Simpsons and Change4Life - An Unlikely Combo

by Robert MacKay, Monday, 05 October 2009 | Categories: General Health | Obesity | Weight Loss

TV companies have long been under pressure from campaigners for allowing companies like Domino’s, Pizza Hut and Cadburys to sponsor their most popular programs, buying the time before and after every adbreak to promote their products to an often young and impressionable audience...

Can New Diet Pill Combat Diabetes?

by Robert MacKay, Friday, 02 October 2009 | Categories: Diet Pills | Slimming Pills

The pharmaceutical firm Vivus have announced that data on their new diet pills Qnexa will be released today at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, which will be taking place in Vienna in Austria...