Laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGB) surgery with resultant weight loss improves urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms and quality of life in morbidly obese women, according to a report in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (2009; published …

ALISON Polzin’s goal of walking the Grand Canyon is now more achieveable after having lap-band surgery in February.
Mrs Polzin, from Kingsthorpe, was the first person to have the surgery at a Toowoomba hospital.
Until this …

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Five years ago, MTV told the story of an Augusta woman who weighed nearly 600 pounds. They followed her journey as she went through gastric bypass surgery.
“I really can’t believe these were …

How much weight will I lose after weight loss surgery?
Bariatric surgery for people with morbid obesity is associated with significant weight loss that is maintained for at least 8 years, whereas there is little sustained …

THE number of obese Scots receiving radical surgery for weight loss is set to increase tenfold, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
A group of experts is considering expanding the number of treatments involving gastric bands from …

An Aberdeen surgeon has warned of the dangers of people undergoing weight-loss surgery abroad, as he revealed that the number of procedures carried out in Scotland are set to soar 10-fold to keep up with …

There are a number of procedures that come under the heading bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery. The most common procedures are gastric bypass, gastric band/lap band, duodenal switch and sleeve gastrectomy/stomach stapling.
What you can …

Amazing technology continues to change the way millions of obese Americans lose weight.
The latest is an incision-free procedure at the UCSD Medical Center to correct stomachs that have stretched in patients who had gastric bypass …

A Glasgow surgeon has said that gastric surgery can play a bigger part in the fight against obesity.
Dr Dave Galloway, a consultant surgeon at Gartnavel Hospital, is to tell a conference on obesity that procedures …

What happens when the pounds start to add up again after bariatric surgery? You may be able to get a “tune up”.
HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo tells us about a new procedure that can help …

What are the Benefits of Bariatric Surgery?
Whilst there are medical treatments/weight reduction programmes widely available such as diets and weight loss drugs, there is plenty of evidence to establish that these rarely produce sustained major …

JoAnne Zoller Wagner’s diagnosis as prediabetic wasn’t enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
“I didn’t have that sense …