LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A prosecutor told a Los Angeles jury Wednesday that the operators of the now-defunct 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign used fabricated sleep studies to convince insurance companies to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A company that promotes Lap-Band weight-loss surgery was warned to pull advertising that federal officials claim failed to warn potential customers of the risks. The Food and Drug ...
Current medical news and unique business news for anyone who cares about healthcare. FDA says Lap-Band ads are misleading. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to eight surgical ...
Since her rise to fame in the '90s with the Grammy-nominated trio Wilson Phillips, Carnie Wilson has been open about her struggles with weight. Once over 300 pounds, she agreed to have her gastric ...
NEW YORK (June 30, 2009) -- A new study of obese adolescents has shown that laparoscopic gastric banding surgery -- the "Lap-Band" procedure -- not only helps them achieve significant weight loss but ...
Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nicholas Nikolov at his Beverly Hills office. The thousands of dollars that a controversial Beverly Hills surgery center spent promoting its Lap-Band weight-loss procedure on ...
Regulators have approved Irvine-based Allergan Inc.’s Lap-Band weight-loss device for more patients. The move expands the use of the surgically implanted adjustable silicon stomach band to patients ...
Christie's Lap-Band surgery, performed laparoscopically, was less-invasive. May 7, 2013— -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed earlier this week that he had secretly undergone Lap-Band ...
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