University of Maryland Medical System surgeons break down how weight loss surgery works, who qualifies and what patients can ...

Weight gain can lead to high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia, a metabolic disorder of abnormal lipids. As the body gets bigger, cardiac changes occur and the left ventricle — the ...

At Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, surgeon Piotr Krecioch has his hands full launching a program offering surgical interventions to treat obesity. One in three Philadelphians are living ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Bariatric Surgery vs GLP-1 Medications like Ozempic or Mounjaro: Bariatric Surgeon Dr. David G. Davtyan of Weight Loss ...

(NewsNation) — Obesity is a chronic condition affecting many across the U.S. each year, and more and more people are looking for the best treatment options to keep the weight off. For some people, ...

One of the reasons more and more people are considering weight loss surgery is that chronic obesity is hard to treat with diet and exercise alone. Many people, who are candidates for weight loss ...

As weight-loss medications like Ozempic exploded across the U.S. over the past four years, bariatric surgeons faced a bit of an existential crisis: Were their jobs about to become obsolete? For the ...

Over nearly six to ten years, individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes who had metabolic (bariatric) surgery showed significantly lower risks of death, heart events, kidney disease, and eye damage ...

Patients wishing for an alternative to weight loss drug injections now have another option. The U.S. Food and Drug ...