Weight-Loss Device Critics Urge FDA To Reverse Approval Decision.

reports that critics of AspireBariatrics’s AspireAssist device “are urging the Food and Drug Administration to reverse its decision” to approve the device, “saying the device mimics, promotes and could lead to potentially life-threatening disorders such as bulimia and binge-eating.” The device implants a tube into the patient’s stomach that is used to drain food that has been eaten for disposal. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-weight-loss-device-obesity-idUSKCN10727Z