Hoodia gordonii is a leafless spiny succulent plant with medicinal uses. It grows naturally in South Africa and Namibia. The flowers smell like rotten meat and are pollinated mainly by flies. The indigenous Bushmen call this plant ǁhoba (pronounced ; the initial sound is a lateral click).

Various news outlets are reporting that reality star and diet pill spokeswoman Anna Nicole Smith collapsed at a Florida casino and later died while being rushed to the hospital. There are still no reports as to the exact cause of death.

Los Angeles, Anna Nicole Smith and the diet pill company she endorses were named in a suit filed in Los Angeles, alleging false and misleading marketing.

Anna Nicole Smith and the diet products company TrimSpa Inc. have been sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill is false or misleading.