Health and Fitness

FDA Expands Use of Banding System for Weight Loss

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of Allergan’s LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System, a device implanted around the upper part of the stomach to limit the amount of food that can be eaten at one time.

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The Feb. 16, 2011, approval expands the use of the LAP-BAND to include obese individuals with a BMI of 30 to 34 who also have an existing condition related to…

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