Article: Americans, LSU students turn to diet pills for quick fix despite risks

Article: Diet pills free for all.
The Star (Amman, Jordan);  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......eating habits among younger generations, diet pills are penetrating the Jordanian society...Administration, there are basically two types of diet pills available which affect your appetite...has erupted on the negative effects of diet pills, Al Saket said that none have been banned...

Article: Diet pills offer hollow promise
University Wire;  March 12, 2002 ;     352 words ......become familiar in society through ads for diet pills. However, very little information seems...circulate about the realistic effects of diet pills on weight loss and the adverse side effects...said she believed the no-work claim. Diet pills made me really hyper and then I would...

Article: Experts criticize diet pills searching for FDA approval
University Wire;  February 3, 2006 ;     507 words ......was not suitable to losing the weight. Diet pills presented a reasonable alternative. Nicole...spend $23 billion dollars annually on diet pills. In fact, 65 percent of Americans are...bulimics who abuse laxatives. Chapman said diet pills had no substance. "I see them as a crutch...

Article: U. Arkansas-area health experts warn against diet pills
University Wire;  January 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......center that would recommend the use of diet pills. So often people believe losing weight...Clark recommends that students not use diet pills, but instead should make sure they take...Center, also suggested that students avoid diet pills. "The best way to lose weight is to maintain...

Article: Diet pills are dangerous, addictive -- and tempting
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 17, 2005 ;     473 words ......Wallace -- My best friend has been on diet pills and has lost 22 pounds in two months...weather. My friend has quite a few unused diet pills. I am very healthy. Would it be all right...Md. Tammy -- Do not take your friend's diet pills. They are a prescription drug and the...

Article: Health controversy surrounds diet pills
University Wire;  April 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ......that is, the cost of a month's supply of diet pills. Before you run out to the nearest mall...controversial topic. Over-the-counter diet pills are becoming more and more popular by...can't get enough. Within this craze, diet pills have become one of the most popular places...

Article: Chinese diet pills suspected in death of Singapore woman
AP Worldstream;  June 2, 2002 ;     229 words ......who fell critically ill after taking diet pills from China has died, a hospital spokeswoman...failure suspected of being caused by the diet pills, which contained a chemical banned in...Doctors said that Raja took the Slim 10 diet pills _ made by Guangdong- based Yue Zhi Tang...

Article: More teen girls turning to diet pills
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 27, 2006 ;     217 words ...Increasing numbers of teenage girls look to diet pills to lose weight, a new study has found...Medicine, the study found that the use of diet pills almost doubled in a group of 2,500 female...20, nearly 20 percent reported using diet pills to lose weight. Teens were tracked in...

Article: Diet pills; Facing facts about peeling off pounds.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 2, 1997 ;     442 words ......antidote to obesity. The new generation of diet pills - most notably the wildly popular drugs...risks would be worth taking if the new diet pills could ward off the even greater dangers...loss indefinitely. And even if the new diet pills can justifiably be prescribed to the...

Article: Diet pills nearly kill her daughter
The Boston Globe;  August 16, 1996 ;     454 words ......her when she accidentally overdosed on diet pills. I believe she now realizes she could...or taking laxatives. Some people take diet pills, overeat and then exercise compulsively...and I was thinking about buying some diet pills. Should I? DESPERATE Absolutely not...

Article: Obesity poses health risks, but so does popping diet pills for a quick fix
St. Joseph News-Press;  November 19, 2002 ;     680 words ...Popping over-the-counter diet pills to get trim seems easier than watching...my blood." Mr. Newman blames the diet pills. And Teri Harr, a registered nurse...that can occur from extended use of diet pills. "If you take diet pills for an...

Article: STAYING HEALTHY: New Diet Pills Help Control Weight
Los Angeles Sentinel;  July 26, 1995 ;     588 words ......Sentinel 07-26-1995 STAYING HEALTHY: New Diet Pills Help Control Weight. Is the inability...through medication? Two newly-tested diet pills, phentermine and fenfluramine, are suggesting...had enough to eat. So how do these new diet pills combat the problem? Phentermine causes...

Article: Magic diet pills don't always make miracles
University Wire;  January 8, 2003 ;     503 words ......thinking about dieting with quick fixes like diet pills. According to the Food and Drug Administration...FDA says about 17 million people buy diet pills every year. While many experts say there...said many students in college depend on diet pills to lose weight. Some students yearn ...

Article: Diet pills should come in second to eating right, exercise
University Wire;  February 15, 2006 ;     565 words ......trim physique fast. At first glance, diet pills seem to be a quick way to loose weight...research what they see," Dennis said. Diet pills also have several health risks and may...especially for people with heart issues. "Diet pills raise your metabolism with caffeine...