See also Yager J. Nocturnal eating syndromes. Liposuction linked to 5 deaths Five liposuction deaths, four of them in New York City, were reported by the New York City Poison Control Center, in the New England Journal of Medicine . Two of the patients died of cardiac arrest, one of blood clots in the lungs, and one of fluid overload. The country's most popular type of cosmetic surgery, liposuction was performed last year on 172,079 patients . Redux to settle Lawsuits filed nationwide over Redux and the diet drug combination fen-phen were consolidated in December in federal court in Philadelphia.
Final approval is scheduled for a later date.
Under the agreement, plaintiffs' lawsuits would be dismissed and they would agree to seek compensation only from the settlement fund. Interneuron did not admit liability. The settlement came a week into the case against American Home Products Corp. in Dallas. Researchers found that even before weight loss, the REE, adjusted for body composition, was significantly lower for 24 black women compared with 85 white women, although there were no differences in weight, body composition, or age. Initital weight was the strongest determinant of weight loss in whites but showed no relation to weight loss in blacks.