FDA is warning that the blood pressure drug Olmesartan Medoxomil marketed as Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, Tribenzor, and generics can cause intestinal problems known as sprue-like enteropathy. Symptoms of sprue-like enteropathy include severe, chronic diarrhea with substantial weight loss. FDA has approved changes to the labels of these drugs to include this concern. Sprue-like enteropathy has not been detected with ARB drugs other than olmesartan
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Weight Loss Surgery May Boost Problem Drinking
Almost 10% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery to combat obesity had symptoms of an alcohol use disorder 2 years after surgery, a large prospective cohort study showed.
The prevalence of alcohol use disorders increased from 7.6% before surgery to 9.6% 2 years after the procedure, as reported online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Have surgery, lose weight, become alcoholic!
Watch Those Sprouts!
Bean sprouts to blame for E.coli outbreak – Telegraph
Both Canadian and American health officials have frequently given warnings about the dangers of bean sprouts, which have been responsible for well over 40 food borne illnesses around the world caused by either E.coli or Salmonella bacteria in the last 35 years or so.
Where’s the beef?
Why Some People Shouldn’t Drink Alcohol
Interesting x-ray.
You Are What You Are
Look AHEAD Clinical Trial
Mortality Impact of Obesity May be Underestimated
So when are all of those liberal build tables out there getting updated?
Obesity may have an even greater impact on mortality than anticipated, according to a new method of adjusting for confounding.
Lose Weight (and possibly your life) with Meridia
Preliminary analysis of data from a placebo-controlled study of sibutramine (Meridia) suggested an excess risk of cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction and cardiac death among patients taking the diet drug, according to the FDA.
Is Obesity a Disability?
Ruling Could Spur Hiring Bias Against Obese Workers | workforce.com
If obesity is included under the ADA, it would likely be narrowly defined to exclude a condition that is the result of a person’s lifestyle.
While there have been few cases like the one in Indiana, the growth of obesity in the workplace may lead to more workers’ compensation or discrimination cases.
If the courts recognize obesity as a disability, millions of obese Americans could potentially claim discrimination. About two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and 27 percent—about 72 million—are obese, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A doctor concluded that Childers’ back recovery was “doomed to failure” unless he lost weight. After physical therapy worsened Childers’ back pain, his doctor recommended back surgery.
The company argued that Childers’ weight constituted a pre-existing condition for which it was not responsible.
Citing a precedent in a case involving a longtime smoker, the court ruled differently. It said the employee’s pre-existing obesity, combined with his back injury and subsequent weight gain, formed a new work-related “single injury” the employer was responsible for treating.
Lap Band? Think Again
In summary, there is rapidly mounting and convincing evidence that laparoscopic gastric banding is suboptimal in the management of morbid obesity. Although short-term complications are low and hospital length of stay is short, the long-term problems including band removals are high and failure to lose weight after laparoscopic gastric banding is prevalent.
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