Does it or doesn't it? The controversy over caffeine's role in weight loss has been going on for more than a decade. So many studies have appeared, with evidence on both sides of this issue, you can toss a coin while you are waiting for your caffeinated or decaffeinated latte to be made.

-- The Food and Drug Administration has rejected three prescription diet pills in the last three years, raising questions of whether any weight loss ...

By all means, stay tuned to the smoke signals about brown fat. But I urge you to keep other irons in the fire.

By immediately decreasing food intake, the drug gives the dieter the sense that they are finally in control of their eating.

Although the problem weight control drugs try to fix -- a body turning surplus calories into an energy reserve -- is normal, they may prove to be elusive not just now, but forever.

NEW YORK — Vivus Inc.'s potential weight loss drug Qnexa will likely draw scrutiny over nervous system and psychiatric side effects from a panel...

WASHINGTON — Dieters, doctors and investors get their first extensive look at the first of a trio of new weight loss drugs this week. The hope i...