New Life Surgery Center, a Beverly Hills ambulatory surgery center affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, has been asked to make improvements or risk losing its Joint Commission ...

Two Los Angeles-area surgery centers have announced they will cease all Lap-Band surgeries following a pending lawsuit and warning letters from the FDA, according to a Los Angeles Daily News report.

IRVINE, Calif., July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReShape Lifesciences® (Nasdaq: RSLS), the premier physician-led weight loss and metabolic health solutions company, today announced it will host its ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a huge announcement to the The New York Post—but not the one everyone has been expecting. The paper reported on Tuesday that the famously rotund Christie ...

New Jersey Republican Kept Secret Because 'It's Nobody Else's Business' May 7, 2013 -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap band surgery in February to control his weight. Christie, ...

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 ...

Carnie Wilson is recovering after being hospitalized for complications following her lap-band removal surgery. "OK, the official update. My daughter's getting a prescription for me right now, but I am ...

Keep the good vibrations coming for Carnie Wilson. The singer, 57, revealed she was recently hospitalized with complications from her lap-band removal surgery. “OK, the official update. My daughter’s ...

Laparoscopic-adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a reasonable interim approach for the treatment of morbid obesity in adolescents, because it promotes weight loss in the short term and is a ...