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AFP - US approves controversial non-prescription diet pill
February 8, 2007 -- WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US government has approved the first non-prescription diet pill to help fight the country's obesity epidemic as an...
Inside Business - The skinny on diet drugs: there are several prescription diet pills on the market, but how well do they actually work?
May 1, 2007 -- There is no doubt that obesity is an epidemic in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two-thirds of...
Skin & Allergy News - Brazilian diet pills contaminated with prescription drugs.(News)
March 1, 2006 -- Two popular diet pills from Brazil that are being marketed as natural dietary supplements may be laced with prescription and controlled substances,...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Diet pill over counter for first time
February 8, 2007 -- WASHINGTON -- Dieters got a new tool Wednesday to help them take off the extra pounds -- the first government-approved nonprescription diet pill....
Independent, The (London) - Lawsuit over Avandia overshadows Glaxo's launch of new diet pill
June 13, 2007 -- The drug giant GlaxoSmithKline is seeking to move on from the furore surrounding its Avandia diabetes drug with the launch of an over-the-counter...
