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SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, which is the largest national society for this specialty, says its most-recent data shows surgeons performed nearly ...

Pregnancy after weight loss surgery is not only possible, it can make it easier to get pregnant and result in fewer ...

Share on Pinterest Bariatric surgery may be better for preserving kidney function in people with diabetes and obesity than GLP-1 drugs. Image credit: Ruben Earth/Getty Images. In a new study, people ...

Tiffany Franco is looking and feeling better than ever since dropping nearly 100 pounds, but there’s one more elective procedure she hopes to get done. Since undergoing a vertical sleeve gastrectomy ...

Weight loss surgery changes lives. Patients who have struggled for years - sometimes decades - with obesity finally achieve ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you’re struggling with weight, you’re not alone. Around 42 percent of American adults have obesity. In addition to nutrition, ...

Bariatric surgery (surgery for weight loss — bariatrics is the study of obesity) is an increasingly common way to reverse significant weight gain. Though the concept isn't new, this treatment method ...