Day Edwards was so small and slender growing up that her family and friends nicknamed her “Slim.” It wasn’t until college that the Kingwood resident started to gain weight. “I started eating terribly, ...

Approximately 1 in 11 adults in the United States have severe obesity. For some people, obesity can lead to serious health conditions despite dieting, exercise, and medications. When other weight loss ...

Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass are two types of weight loss surgery. They are effective for weight loss and for managing metabolic disorders such as diabetes. Metabolic disorders disrupt the ...

This rare complication of weight loss surgery can lead to symptoms like nausea, vomiting, pain, and reflux, or have no symptoms at all. A twisted stomach, or gastric twist, can sometimes happen after ...

Bariatric surgery patients who opted for sleeve gastrectomy saw a lower risk of death, a new study found. In a retrospective cohort study of nearly 100,000 Medicare patients with severe obesity, those ...

Also called sleeve gastrectomy, this is a weight loss surgery that removes a large part of your stomach and leaves a small "sleeve” behind so you become less hungry and eat fewer calories. The gastric ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “We found that gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy were both very effective for long-term discontinuation of ...

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A person may experience constipation after gastric sleeve surgery. The length of time it lasts can vary, but it is usually short term. A doctor may recommend over-the-counter medications to treat ...