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Drugs trigger dramatic weight loss in fat mice

Drugs currently on the market but used for other purposes helped plump mice shed pounds by upping their response to the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings offer new hope in the search for weight-loss meds that exploit the hunger-dampening hormone, first discovered some 13 years ago.
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January 11, 2009 | Posted in Weight Loss | Read More »

How diet pills appetite suppression work

Appetite is controlled by many factors (Figure 3.1). Processes in the body tell people when they are hungry and when they are satiated (full). Neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain) such as norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine tell the brain that the stomach feels full (Figure 3.2). Drugs that increase the levels of these neurotransmitters cause [...]