It has been reported that surgery of Lap-Band has been halted for a while by two of the Los Angeles-area outpatient clinics as review over the procedure of the surgery is being carried out. The two clinics which have stopped the performing the Lap-Band surgeries have been identified as New Life Surgery Center and Valley Surgical Center located in Beverly Hills and West Hills respectively.

As per latest reports, it has been revealed that Erin Brockovich, an environmental activist, has instigated her personal probe with the intent of unmasking the long-running mysteries looming over the disease that's apparently inspired by a variety of indications of verbal outbursts and facial tics amid teens in Le Roy, New York.

A recent report has revealed that a new law is being introduced which suggests that porn stars should wear condoms. It has been announced by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles that porn stars must wear condoms while acting in areas that require a film permit.

It has been recently revealed that the miracle child born in Los Angeles has been finally released from the hospital. It was in August last year when baby Melinda Star Guido arrived in this world, about 16 weeks prior to her due delivery date.

While there are always doubts raised about the Chinese products, it was found in a recent report in the Journal of Neuroscience, that a compound extracted from the Chinese Raisin Tree could help in reducing hangovers once one has binged on alcohol too much.

It has been recently revealed that people in Los Angeles are of the view that they are more stressed than ever. This has been revealed according to a recent survey done by psychologists. On a scale of 1 to 10, the stress levels of these people were rated at 5.2 by them. It might not seem to be too much, but the ideal American stress level was said to be 3.6, so that makes a difference.

Making an extremely strange but promising claim, a recently concluded study, which was carried out by researchers from Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has claimed that regular consumption of alcohol spikes up the odds catching breast cancer, save for the red wine which, as per the researchers, can potentially proffer opposite consequences when taken in temperance.

The case of the third smallest baby ever born has been capturing the interest of one and all as it has been found that the baby was born too early beyond the expectations. Instead of December 15, Melinda Star Guido was born at 24-weeks at Los Angeles County Hospital on August 30.

In 1981, the deadly AIDS, for the very first time, lead to the death of five gay men in Los Angeles. Initially, the reason behind their death was difficult to gauge. It took researchers two years to understand what caused their death.

Jessica Simpson has been warding off rumors about her pregnancy since long. It was last night when her mother Tina was seen helping her out of the car, that the shutterbugs got clicking and speculations were flamed yet again.