Earlier this year, Dr. Oz introduced Dr. Craig Primack of the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center who admitted to off-label prescribing a controversial weight loss drug combo that thus far has shown promise in aiding significant weight loss. This week, researchers will present at a major scientific meeting their latest results of a study testing this off-label prescribed weight loss drug combo on obese patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have been unraveling how epigenetic changes in the way genes express themselves leads to cancer in humans. Scientists at Oregon State University have traced the action of known cancer causing chemicals that come from cooking meat and how it affects cancer stem cells. They’ve also discovered that eating spinach could protect from colon cancer by protecting DNA that when altered, leads to cancerous cell growth.