LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 28-- The U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: Two doctors were arrested this morning on federal fraud charges stemming from ...

Allergan Inc. is looking to get Food and Drug Administration approval to sell its Lap-Band weight-loss device to more patients and hopes to see expanded health insurance coverage, according to its ...

But medical guidelines endorsed by the National Institutes of Health say the prime candidates for the lap-band are morbidly obese patients, defined as those with a body mass index -- a comparison of ...