For the first time, researchers have compared the efficacy and outcomes of two of the most common weight loss surgeries to help bariatric surgery patients make the best decision for their health and ...

Many people worry about regaining weight after getting gastric bypass surgery, a weight-loss procedure for very obese patients, but a new study suggests that most patients remain lighter 10 years ...

People who have used GLP-1 medications—better known by their brand names like Ozempic, Mounjaro or Wegovy—have likely seen ...

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 ...

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Sally G, a 38-year-old white woman from Atlanta, has type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). She stands 64 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. Her body mass index (BMI) is 38.2 kg/m 2 and her glycated ...

The health benefits of Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery—a surgical weight-loss procedure in which the stomach is made smaller—start soon after the procedure. New research presented today at the ...

The journey to significant weight loss is often described as a monumental undertaking, a decision fraught with emotional ...

In normal digestion, food passes through the entire stomach and then enters the small intestine, where most of the nutrients and calories are absorbed. It then passes into the large intestine (colon), ...

Woman finally conquers her weight thanks to scar-free procedure. June 3, 2009 — -- Since puberty, 34-year-old Liliana Gomez-Guerrero had battled her weight. She literally has lost hundreds of ...

Al Roker wasn’t the only one to undergo a gastric bypass surgery, of sorts, in 2002. The 71-year-old Today show weatherman ...

Li Jiang, 36, died two days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in a bid to impress his girlfriend's parents.