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 ...

BALTIMORE, Md. — Patients with obesity who don’t want, or don’t qualify for, traditional bariatric surgery now have a new option at MedStar Health: endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), a minimally ...

Bariatric surgery is a weight loss procedure you can opt for if you’re overweight. The procedure will help reduce your intake of food, making it ideal for long-term weight loss. Worldometer reports ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A higher percentage of adults who underwent gastric bypass lost 50% or more excess weight at 3 years compared ...

A one-year study reveals that patients undergoing gastric bypass require significantly larger increases in weight-adjusted ...

Bariatric surgery can offer long-term cancer-protective effects for people with obesity regardless of their sex or age, ...

Share on Pinterest Research has shown that bariatric surgery can reduce the risk of a number of diseases. Portra/Getty Images Researchers say bariatric weight-loss surgery can significantly reduce the ...

New long-term research finds that surgery reshapes the stomach, but not the biology that drives weight back up.

After patients with obesity discuss bariatric surgery with a clinician, racial disparities appeared to affect who moves forward with the procedure, according to 20 years of retrospective data. Among ...

Fewer Australians are having bariatric surgery, and a new report shows the results for those who do are mostly positive, including significant weight loss and big improvements for those with diabetes.