New drug for obesity

London - A new drug looks likely to become a powerful weapon against obesity following the results of a trial published in The…

London - A new drug looks likely to become a powerful weapon against obesity following the results of a trial published in The Lancet yesterday. The study showed that the drug orlistat, which inhibits digestion, produced an average weight loss of 10 per cent in a group of obese patients over two years.

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