Center for Weight Loss Surgery explains the differences between duodenal switch and gastric sleeve surgeries for weight loss.

The surgeon who removed a Manawatū woman's stomach following the operation in Turkey is raising concerns about the risks of ...

Bariatric (weight-loss) surgery includes procedures like gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and biliopancreatic diversion to help individuals with severe obesity (typically BMI, or with co-morbidities) ...

Weight loss surgery—also known as bariatric surgery—is a broad term that describes surgical procedures designed to help you lose weight. Weight loss surgeries do this by adjusting the stomach and ...

The newly-approved device requires only that patients swallow it in their doctor's office to achieve weight loss, according ...

Jan. 6, 2006 — -- A popular procedure in Europe called gastric ballooning seems like a great alternative to gastric-bypass surgery. All it takes is inserting a balloon into the stomach through ...

The FDA approves the Allurion balloon for weight loss, which is swallowed and doesn't require a procedure for removal. Doctors explain how it works.

Amid the surge in GLP-1 weight-loss medications, some have questioned whether invasive procedures like lap band, gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries could wane in popularity. Carnie Wilson, of the ...

The device is administered as a swallowable capsule that is filled with liquid by a physician and naturally leaves the body after approximately 4 months.