Medical Weight Management

You’ve tried everything to lose weight. You’ve tried the latest and greatest diet or fat-melting workout. You’ve tried weight-loss supplements and prescription medications. No matter: You’re heavier than ever. You now hear about this new treatment called HCG and want to know if it works. Sound familiar? I am asked about HCG every day; interest […]

An intervention delivered in a primary care setting aimed at getting patients at risk for heart disease to increase their physical activity and improve their diet improves quality of life and is highly cost-effective compared with standard care, according to a new study published in the September 13 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. […]

Education and public awareness online has been increasing over the health and safety concerns of purchasing homeopathic “HCG” drops from Internet websites. The homeopathic “HCG” drops industry has grown significantly over the past several years because of pharmaceutical hCG shortages in the past. Homeopathic “HCG” has also grown in popularity because it is inexpensive and […]

Online buying of hCG for rapid weight loss has become increasingly popular with a growing number of sites offering the product for sale with little or no physician supervision, but a nationally recognized weight loss center in Oklahoma City urges caution when purchasing hCG online. The Broadway Clinic points to concerns about safety, efficacy and […]

Adding science to years of anecdotal claims, scientists find that dieters who drink two cups of water before meals lose more weight. Drinking two cups of water before all three meals helped dieters lose weight and keep it off.  The findings only worked in people who were middle-aged and older, but water might help younger […]

 Consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks, at least 1 drink per day, is significantly associated with the development of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus vs consumption of less than 1 sugar-sweetened drink per month, and these effects do not appear to result entirely from an association with weight gain, new research findings suggest.Vasanti S. Malik, […]

Behavioral researchers at MicroMass Communications have identified a metabolic mindset™ that could be the key to helping physicians, nurses and other healthcare educators successfully influence patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol to adopt healthier lifestyle changes such as losing weight, eating better, getting more exercise, and giving up cigarettes. Jessica Brueggeman, director […]

Why is it that two people can consume the same high fat, high-calorie Western diet and one becomes obese and prone to diabetes while the other maintains a slim frame? This question has long baffled scientists, but a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides a simple explanation: weight is set before birth in […]

Shares of obesity drug developers rose Thursday following a report that Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s lorcaserin prompted weight loss without heart-related side effects.On Wednesday, a study showed that lorcaserin caused more people to lose at least 5 percent of their body weight over one year, or more than double the rate of placebo. The results are […]

When Nancy Brasfield talks about the HCG Diet, there’s gratefulness in her voice. She; her husband, Billy; and her son Zachary, 18, have used it since April and benefited so much that she doesn’t hesitate to call it a blessing. It promises radical, quick weight loss with no exercise and no hunger. Her son lost […]