But that figure could go higher as a result of the lawsuit brought by hundreds of thousands of people seeking damages for heart problems associated with taking either of two diet drugs made by American Home Products ahp (nyse: ahp - news - people) in combination with another diet drug.
That's what happened in the 1990s with fen-phen, another diet drug combination that includes phentermine.
As the days went by, the combination of workout and diet left me both charley-horsed and starving, longing for the satiation that only sugar and grease provide.
Wyeth (nyse: WYE - news - people ) hoped the plan would cap its spiraling liability for fen-phen, the diet drug combination that has been linked to potentially fatal heart conditions.
Kentucky lawyers Shirley Cunningham, William Gallion and Melbourne Mills, Jr. recruited some 440 clients after reports that fen-phen, a diet-drug combination, could cause life-threatening side effects.
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Nutritionists say that the best way to lose weight is by a combination of a calorie controlled diet which contains a balance of all the major food groups, and regular exercise.
Dr Ignarro recommended a combination of moderate exercise, low fat diet and easily available dietary supplements.
The causes are not known but probably include a combination of inherited bad genes, bad diet (too much fat and red meat, too few vegetables) and random genetic errors that occur as cells divide.
When Scarmeas' group looked at the individual components of the diet, they found a stronger association between the overall diet and brain damage prevention than with any individual food in the diet, suggesting that the combination all of the elements may be producing the effect, Scarmeas said.
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But scientists believe that the combination of foods in a predominantly plant-based diet may.
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