Bariatric surgery was linked to better employment rates and productivity in the initial years after the procedure, but ...

More New Zealanders are being lured by "medical tourism", but experts here warn about the sometimes near deadly consequences.

Use of weight loss drugs before bariatric surgery has surged sixteen fold, suggesting a new direction in the treatment of ...

Hypothyroidism was associated with increased risks for readmission, incisional hernia, and biliary disease in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

Doctors at a private hospital took too long to transfer a woman to higher level care when she started deteriorating after ...

The Community Outreach Committee of MyMichigan Health Foundation’s Development Council in Alpena will host an educational seminar on medical weight loss options, according to a MyMichigan Health press ...

Among patients without type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 drug use before weight-loss surgery increased to 23% in the fourth quarter of ...

Doctors performing surgery on a high-risk patient in Gisborne were not aware of health information that could have made the ...

Leading experts in bariatric surgery and obesity management convened at a news conference on Monday, October 6, to discuss ...

Coroner Bruce Hekseth found communication gaps created a lack of awareness of her significant chronic cardiac disease, which impacted her post-operative care. He also found she wasn't transferred soon ...

Patients who have undergone bariatric surgery will be prescribed bariatric-specific, life-long nutritional supplements to ...

David Rometo, MD, weighs various weight loss treatments, their success, and sustainability. Bariatric surgery is more ...