Eating healthy and exercising are important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but for some people - it's not enough.

While surgery has a low risk for complications, when they do occur, they are serious. This may explain why only 5%-10% of ...

Gastric balloons-silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach-can help people lose weight by making ...

MIT researchers have developed a type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated in a person's stomach to mimic the ...

Ochsner Lafayette General has become a regional leader in bariatric surgery by using the latest technology, focusing on a ...

"For certain patients who are higher-risk, who cannot undergo surgery or did not tolerate the [weight-loss] medication or had ...

Thanks to effective and popular new drugs for weight loss and diabetes – an estimated 1 in 8 adults in the US has used ...

Private admissions for bariatric surgery declined last year for the first time since 2020, a report from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) found.1 The analysis looked at four bariatric ...

MIT engineers have revealed a new gastric balloon design that can inflate on demand to make you feel full before meals.

who cannot undergo surgery or did not tolerate the [weight-loss] medication or had some other contraindication, there are limited options," he said. "Traditional gastric balloons are still being ...

Gastric balloons—silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach—can help people lose weight by making ...