The use of gastric surgery to treat obesity and its medical complications should be greatly expanded, the BA Festival of Science in Liverpool heard on Monday.
Clinical researchers told the meeting, organised by the British Association …

One of Britain’s top surgeons is considering taking legal action over the “rationing” of life saving obesity surgery on the NHS. 
Professor John Baxter said that the health service was putting patients lives at risk by …

Vita Clinics very own Carel Le Roux, Bariatric Physician Adviser and world leader in metabolism, features in Horizon’s Why are Thin People Not Fat? (BBC2, 9pm, 26 January). This is a controversial overeating experiment that …

Dr. Jawad has been performing Bariatric Surgery in Central Florida since 1984, and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery since 1999, having completed over 2000 Bariatric Surgical Cases safely, and with great success. Here you can watch Dr. …

The most common form of diabetes disappears in nearly 80 percent of obese diabetics after weight-loss surgery, researchers said in a study that strongly affirmed the benefits of the operations.
Obesity raises the risk for type-2 …

A treatment that freezes away prostate tumours is as effective as surgery but avoids life-changing side effects, researchers have found. Focal cryoablation, known as the “male lumpectomy”, destroys cancerous tissue with super-cold gas fired through …