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FDA accuses 1-800-GET-THIN of using misleading Lap-Band ads
The Food and Drug Administration has accused the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company of using misleading advertising in its promotion of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery, saying the billboard, radio and television ads underplay serious risks to patients.
The...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Manufacturing and Engineering, Weight, Radio
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Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens
For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, E. coli Infection, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, Companies and Corporations
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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
![The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67687605-27172233.jpg "The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [\"New Age Cures Put to the Test,\" Jan. 23].")
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Echinacea (dietary supplement), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Drugs and Medicines
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Inaction by regulators as weight loss surgery allegations mount
Several current or former workers for the people behind those 1-800-GET-THIN ads have made allegations about this weight-loss enterprise that government regulators should have gotten to the bottom of long ago. Taken together, the allegations are that...Tags: Fraud, Weight, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Organizations, Justice System
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Byron Donzis dies at 79; wide-ranging inventor
In 1978, Byron Donzis walked into a Houston hospital looking for Dan Pastorini, the Houston Oilers' prized quarterback who was laid up with three broken ribs from a recent game. Donzis was wearing a trench coat and carrying a large bag. He was accompanied...Tags: Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Trials, James Garner, X-rays
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Dr. Richard Olney dies at 64; researcher sought cure for Lou Gehrig's disease
Dr. Richard Olney, an internationally renowned researcher who dedicated his life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, has died after his own eight-year battle with the disease. He was 64.
Olney died Friday at his Marin County home, UC San...Tags: Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Research, Genes and Chromosomes, AIDS
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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk hospitalized after suffering stroke
Sen. Mark Kirk was hospitalized after suffering a stroke over the weekend and underwent surgery Monday in Chicago, his office said.
According to a statement, Kirk, 52, checked himself in to Lake Forest Hospital in the Chicago area on Saturday, where...Tags: Mitt Romney, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Senate, Hospitals and Clinics, Mark Kirk
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Having to think about the unthinkable
"I could show you case after case," said Dr. Neil S. Wenger. "I could bet you million-to-1 odds these patients would not want to be in this situation."
He was talking about patients in critical condition who are "attached to machines, being kept alive"...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Palliative Care, Nursing, Medical Specialization, Health Treatments
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It's about time that FDA took action against Lap-Band billboards
It has taken almost two years, but government regulators finally woke up to the idea that those 1-800-GET-THIN billboards plastered all over Southland freeways may be dangerous to your health.
That's the underlying meaning of the action announced Tuesday...Tags: Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Organizations, Justice System
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