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Obesity drugs only moderately successful

Monday, 19 November 2007 9:19 A GMT+01
Patients taking antiobesity drugs will only see 'modest' weight loss and many will remain significantly obese or overweight Patients taking anti-obesity drugs will only see "modest" weight loss and many will remain significantly obese or overweight,

Study shows weight-loss drug Rimonabant associated with severe adverse psychiatric events

Friday, 16 November 2007 8:13 A GMT+01
Patients given the weight-loss drug rimonabant are at increased risk of severe psychiatric events [including anxiety, depression], conclude authors of an Article published in this week's edition of The Lancet

Abstract: Adolescent obesity and risk for subsequent major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder

Saturday, 20 October 2007 6:56 A GMT+01
Objective: To assess whether adolescent obesity is associated with risk for development of major depressive disorder (MDD) or anxiety disorder. Obesity has been linked to psychosocial difficulties among youth.

Antidepressant/obesity drug produces significant weight loss in clinical trial

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 9:52 A GMT+01
Participants in a clinical trial of DOV Pharmaceutical's triple reuptake inhibitor (TRIP) under development to treat depression and obesity, DOV 21,947, recorded significant reductions in weight, Body Mass Index scores and plasma triglyceride levels.

Bullying, parental depression weigh heavily on kids

Wednesday, 8 August 2007 10:01 A GMT+01
A parent's struggle with stress or depression can lower a child's quality of life — and it could hinder an overweight youngster's attempts to lose weight, too, University of Florida (UF) researchers say.

Abstract+: Depression and anxiety: Effect on the migraine-obesity relationship

Monday, 23 July 2007 7:55 A GMT+01
Objective: To discern the effects of depression and anxiety on the migraine-obesity relationship. Migraine and obesity are highly prevalent conditions and are both independently linked to psychiatric conditions, mainly depression and anxiety.

How chronic stress doubles weight gain on high calorie diets

Monday, 2 July 2007 9:40 A GMT+01
Neuropeptide discovery has implications for obesity, diabetes epidemics

Sanofi says rimonobant unsuitable for patients with major depression

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 1:33 A GMT+01
Sanofi-Aventis has told the US FDA its rimonobant anti-obesity drug, also known under the Acomplia brand, brings a higher risk of suicidal thoughts than placebo and does not recommend the treatment for patients suffering from major depression.

Abstract: Overweight and obesity affect treatment response in major depression

Sunday, 25 February 2007 8:00 A GMT+01
Epidemiologic and clinical studies suggest comorbidity between major depressive disorder (MDD) and obesity.

Abstract: Overweight males have lower SSRI response

Saturday, 24 February 2007 8:53 A GMT+01
Investigators have examined potential mechanisms for the observed differences between men and women in antidepressant response. However, to date no studies have measured the impact of body mass index on men's and women's response to SSRIs or placebo.

Abstract: Obesity, dyslipidemia, and diabetes with SSRIs

Tuesday, 2 January 2007 3:46 A GMT+01
This study aimed to examine whether subjects taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are more likely to have elements of the metabolic syndrome compared with those taking no psychotropic drugs.

Strong link between obesity and anxiety disorders, depression

Tuesday, 4 July 2006 5:56 A GMT+01
Link strongest among Caucasians and the more educatedSeattle - There is a strong link between obesity and mood and anxiety disorders, especially among Caucasian Americans and those with more education and higher income,

Brain's Cannabinoid receptors may 'open door' to treating brain disorders, drug dependence

Wednesday, 7 June 2006 5:57 A GMT+01
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers developed a new radiotracer - a radioactive substance that can be traced in the body - to visualize and quantify the brain's cannabinoid receptors by positron emission tomography (PET), opening a door to the develo

Abstract: PTSD and body mass index in military veterans

Saturday, 6 May 2006 7:32 A GMT+01
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006 May, doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.03.027Posttraumatic stress disorder and body mass index in military veterans : Preliminary findings Viewega VR, Juliusa DA, Beneseka J, Satterwhitea L, Fernandeza A, Feuera

Pine nut oil boosts appetite suppressors up to 60% for 4 hours

Wednesday, 5 April 2006 4:26 A GMT+01
Pine Nut Oil Boosts Appetite Suppressors Up To 60 Percent For 4 Hours In the face of the growing obesity health challenge, "appetite suppressants are increasingly interesting because they work on the very simple premise of 'What you don't eat now, yo

Adult asthma, obesity linked to depression in childhood

Thursday, 23 February 2006 5:38 A GMT+01
Adult Asthma, Obesity Linked to Depression in Childhood TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) - Asthmatics are more likely to become obese over time, but obesity is not associated with a greater risk of asthma later in life, according to a study publis

Sweet snacks could be best medicine for stress

Monday, 21 November 2005 8:23 A GMT+01
Sweet Snacks Could be Best Medicine for Stress Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have found that eating or drinking sweets may decrease the production of the stress-related hormone glucocorticoid-which has been linked to obesity and decre

Obesity epidemic spurs search for psychological links

Saturday, 17 September 2005 4:39 A GMT+01
Obesity Epidemic Spurs Search For Psychological Links Anxiety, depression, and binge eating are some of the factors that have been linked with obesity. Whether they are the causes or results of being overweight is still unclear, however. .... Americ

Obesity and Insomnia Linked by Excitability of Brain Cells

Wednesday, 13 April 2005 9:50 A GMT+01
A possible link between lack of sleep (insomnia) and obesity has been traced to hypocretin/orexin cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain that are easily excited and sensitive to stress, Yale School of Medicine researchers report