PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A nursing assistant died while undergoing stomach reduction surgery, and the hospital said Thursday it is suspending such operations while it investigates. Brett Davey, spokesman ...
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CHICAGO - The two-page report to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is a record of failure: 13 diets tried for more than two decades, to no effect. Jeff Flanzbaum, who started a five-year Weight ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is looking for the Holy Grail of weight loss programs: one that keeps the pounds off. Now willing to pay for a treatment that works, Medicare is shunning fad diets to ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A nursing assistant died while undergoing stomach reduction surgery, and the hospital said Thursday it is suspending such operations while it investigates. Brett Davey, ...