It would be interesting to see exactly what evidence finally tipped the scales at Allergan. Why did the Lap-Band maker finally stop selling its product to doctors participating in the aggressively marketed 800-GET-THIN weight loss surgery campaign?
Christopher Hitchens loses his battle with cancer, the link between smoking and skin cancer, and a new IBM project to improve kids' health, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
The FDA finally cracked down on billboard marketing campaigns that portray Lap-Band surgery as risk-free. Two reporters and a public health official from Los Angeles deserve some of the credit for the FDA's move.
A reprieve for federal long-term care legislation, a possible FBI investigation of a hospital chain, and woes for Lap-Band marketers, plus more in our Daily Briefing.
Wonder what happened with the National Practitioner Data Bank, the cell phone-cancer link and Lap-Band surgery shenanigans? Find out in these updates.
A Lap-Band lawsuit gets uglier, what Nixon's HMOs have to do with Obama's ACOs, diabetes and where you live, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
The doctors behind the "Diets Fail!" campaign to get people to undergo Lap-Band surgery have innovated again. Failing to win a libel case against the newspaper that exposed their shady business practices, they are attempting to persuade a judge to treat newspaper reporters like the Mafia.
A legal victory for health reform, troubles for Allergan's Lap-Band, and methamphetamine's decline, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
Where does a doctor who has found himself in trouble go to find work? Weight loss surgery clinics.
A new study suggests that the risks of Lap-Band surgery could outweigh the weight-loss benefits, plus more from our Daily Briefing.
