Medical tourism for bariatric and weight-reduction surgery needs urgent regulation to protect recipients' health, especially ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln announced on July 10 the launch of a new bariatric surgery program meant to give patients ...

Using a 2024 obesity framework, 18.8 percent of the adults previously been categorized as “overweight” now fit under the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In order to maximize weight loss, a GLP-1 receptor agonist may be needed both before and after bariatric ...

Introduction: Intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) is increasingly used in surgery. In metabolic and bariatric surgery, it allows visualization of the tissues and blood supply to anastomoses in real ...

Sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass were associated with about five-times more weight loss than weekly injections of GLP-1 ...

Rates of metabolic and bariatric surgeries (MBS) rose by almost 15% in teenagers in the US between 2021 and 2023, despite falling in adults, new research has found. The cross-sectional analysis, ...

June 18, 2012 -- Andrew Kahn was only a social drinker before his weight-loss surgery. He never imagined he would develop problems with alcohol because he had bariatric surgery. But he did.

Top surgical robotics companies have joined forces to publish technical guidelines for robotic telesurgery.

Self-esteem scores increase after metabolic and bariatric surgery, with greater improvement in scores with higher postoperative weight loss.

Weight-loss drugs offer initial benefits but often lead to weight regain after discontinuation. Bariatric surgery provides lasting metabolic changes and better long-term health outcomes for obesity ...