F.D.A. Approves Band Device for Less Obese People no longer need to be quite as obese as before to qualify for weight loss surgery. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the wider use of Allergan’s Lap-Band stomach-restricting device to some people who are just barely obese. Allergan estimated that more than 26 million Americans would be newly eligible for the surgery, more than doubling the 15 million to 18 million eligible under the old standard. Still, Allergan did not get all it asked for. The F.D.A. lowered...
More US News Stories
iFive: Canada Hacked, Obama Meets Jobs and Schmidt, Apple Controls Touchscreen Supply, Google Music, North Korea's Digital News BY Kit EatonToday Did you see Jeopardy!? No? Unlucky you--you missed a moment that may be pivotal in computer history: IBM's Watson trounced his two human competitors...
ERICA WERNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON - A White House official says President Barack Obama has spoken with CBS reporter...
Washington - Two scientific studies appearing in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature were the first to directly link warming climate conditions and greenhouse emissions to major flooding and heavy rains. One study on the Northern Hemisphere...
WASHINGTON - Rep. Michelle Bachmann says she hasn't decided whether to run for president but wants to help "set the table" for debate in the 2012 White House sweepstakes. The darling of the tea party in Congress tells ABC's "Good Morning America" it's too early to say what move...
MINNEAPOLIS - Once a week, Deborah Chevalier makes the short trip from her home in Canada to the cemetery where her daughter is buried, tenderly clears the snow from her grave and sits down to remember. It's a way to stay close to her Nadia, who drowned herself in 2008, believing she had entered...
BROOKHAVEN, Pa. - A southeastern Pennsylvania woman who police say showed them a photo of her toddler duct-taped to a chair as part of an identity theft complaint is being held without bail. Police arrested 21-year-old Caira Ferguson on child endangerment and other charges Wednesday. Ferguson went...
HOUSTON - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to laugh at jokes, recognize visitors and even offer a poignant response when asked recently by her husband how she was doing. "Better," Giffords said, in one of the first words she uttered since being shot in the head Jan. 8. Family friend Tilman...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio teen has died days after police say he was shot by his older brother in front of shoppers after a dispute inside an Apple store. Columbus police say in a news release that 15-year-old Andrake Kelley died at a hospital on Wednesday. Police say he received a single gunshot...
USA LOCAL NEWS
White House
Politics
Economy
- News:
- Features:
- Business:
