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For Valentine's Day, A New View of the Heart

Why don't Valentine's Day hearts look like actual human hearts? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.

Controversy comes at a bad time for Lap-Band maker looking to expand market

So many doctors have been trying to lure people to get Lap-Band surgery, with deadly consequences, that the maker of the Lap-Band surgical device, Allergan, has finally been forced to speak up.

Stuart Pfeifer at the Los Angeles Times recently asked Allergan CEO David E.I. Pyott about the sleazy 1-800-GET-THIN campaign:

Irresponsible marketing for Lap-Bands may have deadly consequences

Lose Weight BillboardThe consequences can be severe when clinics lure patients by setting up “1-800” numbers and offering free seminars seven days a week to extol the virtues of Lap-Band surgery, all while telling patients that “Dieting Sucks” or “Diets Fail.”

Texas Hospital Patient Expelled For Being "Illegal," Uninsured

An undocumented immigrant was expelled from a Texas hospital as she was being prepped for surgery, plus more from our Daily Briefing.

Poll: Obesity, Not Drugs, Biggest Threat to Kids' Health

In a remarkable shift in public perceptions about children's health, unhealthy eating and obesity are now seen as the greatest threats to California's kids, according to the latest statewide voter survey from the Field Poll. In years past, illegal drug use was named as the biggest health risk but after concerted public health campaigns at the state and federal level, public awareness about childhood obesity has spread widely.

The need for organs for transplants far exceeds the supply

During my reporting on organ donation for my fellowship project, one source’s quote stood out. “I’m a living example that organ donation works,” Vicky Mai Nguyen told me. She’s a 26-year-old woman who’s in good health and thriving. Had it not been for a liver transplant, she likely would never have made it to 2.

The New Health Care Reform Battle: Funding

Today's Reporting on Health Daily Briefing is keeping up with health care reform battles, grammar wars and hospitals' care for illegal immigrants.

Let Them Eat Cake: Weight-loss doctors push Lap-Band surgery risk-free

When I wrote about the “Dieting Sucks” campaign two years ago, I predicted that similarly unscrupulous plastic surgeons would join the race to the bottom. They did.

Prescription drug costs in W.Va. keep rising

Prescription drug costs continue to climb for West Virginia, despite efforts to rein them in.

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