Lap-Band Death Linked to Anesthesiologist

“Suboptimal care” by an anesthesiologist may have caused a woman to die after a recent weight-loss surgery. The surgery was connected to the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, according to a report submitted to the Los Angeles County coroner. Tamara Walter died on Dec. 26, only three days after having the Lap-Band surgery performed. A total of four patients in Southern California have now died after being referred by the 1-800-GET-THIN number to Lap-Band surgeries. A Los Angeles County deputy medical examiner …

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HeartWare Device Has 9.2 Thrombosis Rate In Study

New data presented at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation in San Diego suggested that patients implanted with a mechanical heart-assistance device made by HeartWare International Inc. have a 9.2 percent chance of developing a potentially life-threatening blood clot each year. The device, known as HVAD, is approved in Europe and is awaiting approval in the United States to keep patients alive while they wait for a heart transplant. The unexpectedly high percentage was determined by a 250-person …

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Woman Awarded $112,500 From DirecTV for Harassing Phone Calls

If you’ve ever had dinnertime or your favorite television show interrupted by one of those annoying unsolicited telephone sales calls and wished you could do something about it, take some pointers from Virginia Calhoun.

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CEO Jobs, Apple Officials Named in Class Action Suit Alleging Stock Option Tampering

Computer giant Apple, the company’s CEO Steve Jobs, and other company officials concealed millions of dollars in executive compensation and cost shareholders billions of dollars through fraudulent stock option grants, according to a new class-action lawsuit filed by two shareholders. The mishandling of the option grants and a public admission of the problems in June 2006 caused Apple’s share price to drop 14% , costing the company about $7 billion in lost revenue, according to the suit filed June 27 …

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