The FDA approved Wegovy HD, a higher-dose semaglutide for weight loss in adults with obesity, offering greater weight ...

Scientists have discovered novel molecular mechanisms that contribute to recovery from diabetic kidney disease following ...

Bariatric surgery is called extreme far more often than obesity itself is. That imbalance reflects how this condition is ...

With 14 years of experience, Mexico Bariatric Center® continues to provide specialized weight-loss care and patient ...

Patients swallow one magnet while another is placed endoscopically, and over weeks they form a new intestinal connection that ...

Bariatric surgery volumes continue declining as GLP-1 prescriptions for obesity rise sharply from 2017 to 2025, per Ohio ...

Bariatric surgery uptake has decreased since the fourth quarter of 2022, coinciding with a rise in prescriptions of semaglutide and tirzepatide for adults with obesity, according to a research letter ...

Bariatric surgery, weight loss management and related procedures are key offerings for many gastroenterology practices, despite declines in inpatient surgical volumes for the procedure. As technology ...

Health has broken ground on a 28,000-square-foot facility in downtown Orlando that will house its new Weight Loss and ...

Center for Weight Loss Surgery explains the differences between duodenal switch and gastric sleeve surgeries for weight loss.

One may consider bariatric surgery when even months of work have not changed anything, and the obesity has caused health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea or joint pain.

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 ...