A new gastric balloon that can be swallowed like a pill and then filled while in the stomach, helped patients lose more than 37 percent of their excess weight over four months, according to new ...

The gastric balloon was approved by the FDA in July A new, non-surgical weight-loss procedure that takes less than 15 minutes has the weight-loss community buzzing. The bariatric technology – known as ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved another option to treat obesity: a grapefruit-size gastric balloon that takes up as much as half the volume of the stomach. Loyola Medicine's ...

A gastric balloon that’s swallowed like a pill and then sits in the stomach filled with fluid helped patients lose more than one-third of their excess weight over four months, researchers reported.

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has just added intragastric balloons to its list of devices and procedures that it endorses. The society reviewed the evidence and made ...

The weight loss balloon (also called the intragastric balloon) is a simple, non-surgical outpatient procedure. Gastric balloons are an option for people who need to lose weight but do not qualify for ...

Gastric balloons are quickly becoming the go-to option for people who want to lose weight but don’t want surgery. However, it’s not an easy fix — and some patients have experienced dangerous — and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted physicians and surgeons who treat obesity that it is investigating whether there is a link between gastric balloons — a new-generation ...

Weight loss surgeries, also called bariatric surgeries, help people achieve long-term weight loss. Surgery may help you if you are severely overweight, have weight-related medical problems, or both.

Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure designed to treat obesity, particularly when lifestyle changes such as diet and ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Spain General Surgery Outlook to 2023 - Airway Stenting Procedures, Bariatric Surgery Procedures, Biopsy Procedures, Female Sterilization Procedures, Gastric ...