With lap-band surgery failing to induce weight loss in a growing number of patients, a Dallas bariatric surgeon said he has been successfully using gastric sleeve revision surgery for them, according ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Considering the outstanding rate of success, obtaining a gastric sleeve or another weight loss procedure might seem like the end of a patient's struggle with ...

Candidates for weight-loss surgery accept a level of risk and uncertainty about the outcome with any procedure. Many do so because having a body mass index of 35 or more with obesity-related health ...

Chris Christie on weight-loss surgery: "This is about my long-term health" Speaking at the groundbreaking of a new learning center at Essex County Vocational Technical School in Newark, Gov. Chris ...

Mama June Shannon will soon be disappearing right before your very eyes. The reality star, who’s publicly struggled with her weight, will undergo gastric sleeve surgery later this month, Page Six has ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Governor Chris Christie underwent LAP-BAND surgery in February. It's a less invasive stomach surgery to help obese people lose weight. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is On Your ...

Lap-band surgeries are in the spotlight now that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed in an interview with the New York Post that he secretly underwent the procedure in February at his family's ...

Christie's Lap-Band surgery, performed laparoscopically, was less-invasive. May 7, 2013— -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed earlier this week that he had secretly undergone Lap-Band ...

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 ...