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By 2020, every state in the U.S. may have comprehensive smoking bans in place, federal health officials say

By 2020, every state in the U.S. may have comprehensive smoking bans in place, federal health officials say

Guatemalans subjected to U.S. syphilis experiments in the 1940s are suing federal health officials to compensate them for health problems they have suffered.

Attorneys representing potentially thousands of Guatemalans who were affected by U.S. syphilis experiments decades ago said Tuesday they will sue top federal health officials unless a system is created out of court to settle claims by the victims or their survivors.

A panel of federal health experts has recommended expanding approval of a stomach-shrinking band to help patients who are obese but lighter than patients currently recommended to receive the implant.