He said that one of the problems with fen-phen, a diet drug combo that wound up causing heart-valve problems, was that doctors were too eager to hand them out.
Over the long term, a diet with too much protein can pose risks of problems including kidney stones.
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Unfortunately, unforseen side effects emerged sometimes when Redux was combined with another diet drug, phentermine: Patients developed potentially lethal problems with their heart valves.
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.
For example, other research has found that higher adherence to the diet seems to protect against hypertension, also associated with these brain problems.
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And in retrospective studies, he says, it's harder to control for common risk factors-- such as diet-- that might contribute to both prostate cancer and heart problems.
Lorcaserin is a much safer way of hitting one of the receptors tripped by fenfluramine, a diet drug that was pulled from the market for causing heart valve problems.
"Sometimes chanting a mantra, performing a small ceremonial ritual, prescribing some herbs and instructing a healthier diet is all that it takes to reduce the symptoms of certain mental health problems, " she said.
Despite the additional calories, results showed that participants eating the Med way had a 30 percent lower risk of major cardiovascular problems compared to those who were told to follow a low-fat diet.
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But Livas, of the local food pantry, says a good diet is especially important for the poor, as a first step toward addressing their other problems, with things like work, health care and education.
In 1996 he converted the centers into clinics for doctors to prescribe fen-phen diet drugs, only to run into the little problem that these drugs can cause fatal heart problems.
Studies show that children who eat meals with their families are less likely to have behavioral problems, more likely to do well in school, and more likely to have a healthier diet.
Even heart valve problems, a worry because Arena shares part of the chemical mechanism of the withdrawn valve-harming diet drug fenfluramine, could be an issue.
Wyeth shares tumbled today after the firm reported that more people than expected have opted out of a class-action settlement related to the diet drugs Redux and Pondimin, which were pulled from the market in 1997 after they were linked to heart problems.
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