FDA investigating deaths of patients who had gastric balloon procedure for obesity
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has alerted physicians and surgeons who treat obesity that it is investigating whether there is a link between gastric balloons — a new-generation weight-loss device — and the deaths of five patients.Inan alert issued Thursday, the FDA said that from 2016...
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news