Here's a round up of some recent news stories on nutrition, health, wellness, exercise and all the rest. There's a lot out there! -

Sagent Pharmaceuticals Launches Amiodarone HCl Injection, USP - Forbes
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 25 /PRNewswire/ — Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has launched amiodarone HCl injection, USP, a class III antiarrhythmic indicated for the treatment and

Co-founded weight-loss company with wife - Chicago Sun-Times
SAN DIEGO — The co-founder of Jenny Craig Inc., who built the weight-loss company with his wife, Jenny, has died, the company said Tuesday. Sid Craig died Monday in San Diego after a long illness. He was 76. Sid and Jenny Craig founded Jenny Craig

Vigilance is key to weight loss - NWI.com
Over the years, George Rosenthal had tried different diets and programs, losing weight only to gain it back. And then something changed. "I had a real big scare about two years and four months ago," says Rosenthal of Wheeling, Ill. "I was at work one

Sid Craig, cofounder of Jenny Craig Inc., is dead - Newsday
SAN DIEGO - Sid Craig, the co-founder of Jenny Craig Inc., who built the weight-loss company with his wife and was a prominent thoroughbred horse owner, has died, the company has said. Craig died Monday in San Diego following a long illness. He was

Limiting fructose intake likely to boost weight loss - New Kerala
Elizabeth Parks, associate professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Tennessee and co-author of the study, said her team's findings suggest that the right type of carbohydrates in one's diet may be just as important in weight control as

My Weight Loss Coach - Chicago Sun-Times
The fitness and weight-loss market generates billions of dollars a year. Americans — and, more chillingly specific, American kids– are some of the fattest people on the planet. Thanks to the success of "Wii Fit," "My Weight Loss Coach" will no

Experts Rate Online Calorie Counters - ABC News
Documenting your diet is known to aid weight loss. Studies have shown that food diaries help people lose twice as much weight as they would have had they not kept track of what they ate.

Sid Craig | Diet-firm cofounder, 76 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Sid Craig, 76, the cofounder of Jenny Craig Inc., who along with his wife built one of the most successful weight-loss companies in the world, died Monday in San Diego after a long illness, the company said. Mr. Craig and his wife, Jenny, developed

Firmer calves, weight loss aid: Can shoes stand on claims? - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Cecilia Gordon Kane can cancel her gym membership. Or so the claims of her new athletic shoes may lead her to believe. By just walking in her sneakers, the Marietta woman supposedly will receive a complete workout: burned calories, strengthened

IVF should be denied to people with unhealthy lifestyles, say experts - Guardian Unlimited
Nearly half of fertility experts believe fertility treatment should be denied to people with unhealthy lifestyles, such as smokers or the obese, a survey has found. More than 45% of the international experts polled, most of which work in the UK