Weight Loss

Every January, we plan to make changes, and we often don't succeed. Let's make this New Year's different: Here are seven fairly simple resolutions recommended by the financial experts for getting you on a firmer fiscal footing in 2012.

Being fat isn't just bad for your health, it's also murder on your wallet. Biggest Loser host Alison Sweeney (who has had her own ups and downs with weight) wants to help. She offers these five tips to help you control your budget and waistline at the same time.

The maker of Nivea skin creams has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of false advertising by claiming one of its skin creams helps consumers melt away excess pounds. The settlement prohibits Beiersdorf Inc. from promoting its My Silhouette! skin cream to consumers as a weight-loss...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said today it's cracking down on 10 operations that allegedly used fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products. The agency wants to shut down the sites posing as legitimate news sites and have titles like "News 6 News Alerts" and often feature...

Pharmaceutical companies looking for fresh sources of profit are increasingly investing in a range of health care innovations that aren't drugs at all, from smartphone apps and educational websites to social media platforms and wireless devices, reports Ernst & Young.

A Florida company that sold acai weight loss pills, colon cleanses, teeth whiteners and other supplements has agreed to reimburse millions to consumers nationwide as part of a settlement over allegations of deceptive marketing practices, the Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said. XM Brands sold...

For those burdened by a lifetime of obesity, the cost of weight-loss surgery is well worth it, especially if they are covered by good medical insurance. The gastric bypass, the most popular form of weight-loss surgery to date, can cost from $20,000 to $35,000. However, that's not the grand total;...

Led by the health insurance reform law, a flurry of drug and food recalls, key medical breakthroughs and plenty of layoffs and lawsuits, 2010 proved to be an exciting -- if not always positive -- year. Here's our rundown of the biggest health care stories.

After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected two other weight-loss pills earlier this year, an advisory panel has recommended the approval of Orexigen Therapeutics's Contrave. If the FDA follows the recommendation, Contrave could become the first diet drug to win approval in a decade.

An FDA panel of reviewers recommended that the administration expand approval for Allergan's Lap-Band, a weight-loss implant that currently is only available for the very obese, to those who are less obese.