New research shows bariatric surgery's powerful impact on liver health, reducing fatty liver disease risk and improving ...

At UTMB Health’s Bariatric Surgery Department, patients embark on a journey toward better health that goes beyond weight loss ...

Factors contributing to the ramifications of this disease as it stands include the socio-economic: overweight and obesity ...

There are several surgical procedures commonly performed for the treatment of morbid obesity. VSG is promoted as a less invasive alternative to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the bariatric surgery most ...

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study ...

Philip Morris died days after part of his stomach was removed during a gastric sleeve procedure.

The aim of the SPECCIAL (Surgical Procedures Eliminate Compensated Cirrhosis In Advancing Long-term) study was to examine the ...

The Allurion swallowable intragastric balloon offers a safe, effective and minimally invasive method of losing weight.

Both Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy reduced health care expenditures after surgery for adults with type 2 ...

Bariatric surgery significantly reduced long-term risk for decompensation and adverse outcomes in patients with obesity and ...