Tag: weightloss drugs
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The addiction of weight loss
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New types of weight loss drugs are being touted as life-changing in the “war” on obesity. Television commercials run consecutively, claiming easy access and low prices. And it scares the daylights out of me. I’ve hesitated to write about this thorny subject. At the end of one commercial, the actor...
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Tragic outcome for psychiatric patient seeking help for diet pill addiction
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When the news broke, I couldn’t ignore it. The deceased young woman was reportedly at the Korean hospital for treatment of a weight loss drug addiction. News portals showed CCTV (closed circuit TV) footage of the woman, where she was forcibly restrained on a bed by hospital staff whose large...
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