Planning for an active retirement, Norma Moore got a prescription for the diet drug Meridia last summer to lose weight. Two months later, she died unexpectedly. Her daughter Helen describes her ...

Now, finally, we're finding out details on exactly how much the daily appetite suppressant increases the odds for heart attacks and strokes. And the findings led top editors at the New England Journal ...

The government won’t ban the prescription diet drug Meridia but, faced with reports of deaths, says it will closely monitor a European study designed to better assess the pill’s heart risks. Subscribe ...

Obese teens in a one-year weight-counseling program lost 15 pounds if they took the weight loss drug Meridia — but gained four pounds if they did not. The findings come from a clinical trial sponsored ...

A consumer group is again urging a ban of the prescription diet drug Meridia, saying at least 49 users have died of heart problems, including some in their 20s and 30s. Also, the Food and Drug ...

With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still under fire for failing to monitor the safety of a popular diabetes drug after it hit the market, researchers have released a new study revealing ...

Abbott Laboratories said Friday that it would withdraw the diet drug Meridia at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, less than a month after it failed to win over one of the federal ...

The weight-loss drug Meridia (search) safely helps teens overcome obesity (search) and may reduce their risks of developing obesity-related diseases, according to a study funded by the drug’s maker, ...