Karalene Aday tried everything to lose weight, from gastric bypass to trendy diets, but it took a special combination to help ...

Weight-loss experts explain why combining GLP-1 medications with bariatric surgery may be the most effective approach to ...

Bariatric weight-loss surgery can help patients lose five times more weight than popular medications like Ozempic, expanding ...

"The pressure was relentless – to fix, shrink and manage a body that medicine had always treated as a problem to solve." ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you’re struggling with weight, you’re not alone. Around 42 percent of American adults have obesity. In addition to nutrition, ...

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 ...

A WOMAN who had a gastric sleeve has opened up about a “horrible” side effect she has experienced. Whitney Marie shared how ...

In 2002, Paul Lesser weighed 385 pounds and was experiencing severe back problems from a herniated disc that impacted his quality of life. As a condition of treating him, his doctor insisted he ...

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 ...

A new study from the Cleveland Clinic found that bariatric surgery for weight loss offers more long-term benefits compared to medications, with a 32% lower risk of death and a 35% lower risk of major ...

Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois. As a physician-scientist in molecular biology, she uses her research on diabetes, lipid disorders, ...