On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of yesterday’s (February 15, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. Kevin Smith Hints at Lawsuit in Southwest Dustup
Director Kevin Smith revealed that he offered to negotiate and sign a settlement agreement with Southwest Airlines relinquishing his right to file a lawsuit over the incident, but only if Southwest publicly states that Smith was not “too fat to fly.”
2. Los Angeles Invaded by Lap-Band Billboards
Los Angeles residents are being inundated with bariatric surgery advertisements from a clinics whose owners have had run-ins with the medical establishment.
3. Kevin Smith Says He’s Not Too Fat to Fly
Film director Kevin Smith won’t stop laying into Southwest Airlines for kicking him off a flight because the flight crew decided he was too big to fit into a single seat.
4. More Medical Schools Opening in US
Nearly two dozen new medical schools are being proposed or are opening up for business in the United States, marking the biggest growth period for med schools since the 1960s and ’70s.
(By CalorieLab editors)
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