"I'm a whole new person." Read Molly's inspiring success story about ESG, a minimally invasive weight loss solution from ...

Pregnancy after weight loss surgery is not only possible, it can make it easier to get pregnant and result in fewer ...

According to research presented recently at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, obese patients looking to get a joint replacement are more likely to have success with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What new research says about bariatric surgery amid the rise of weight loss drugs. (Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images) ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, which is the largest national society for this specialty, says its most-recent data shows surgeons performed nearly ...

The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) has been requested to review the scientific evidence for the use of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) or ...

Bariatric procedures in teens appear to be on the rise. How young is too young? Sept. 20, 2010— -- It's an option that may seem extreme for a teenage patient. But ask 15-year-old Kallum ...

A new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require ...

Gastric bypass patients had a lower rate of major adverse cardiac events than sleeve gastrectomy patients over 5 years. This was driven by a 40% risk reduction for myocardial infarction among gastric ...

BMD and serum calcium levels dropped following bariatric surgery in morbidly obese men and women. Despite the benefits associated with long-term weight loss that are achievable with bariatric surgery, ...

Trial News Online has published an article examining Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) in the context of bariatric surgery, ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound), were originally approved for type 2 diabetes before their obesity indications ...