An older version of Lap-Band weight loss surgery could cause severe complications down the road, according to a study by Belgian researchers reported in the L.A. Times. The Belgian researchers found ...

A Bakersfield woman has sued Lap-Band marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN and several healthcare providers after complications from a 2011 weight-loss surgery forced doctors to remove her stomach. Natalie ...

Carnie WIlson shared that she was hospitalized following removal of her lap-band in an Instagram update on Thursday, Sept. 25 The Wilson Phillips singer, 57, had the band removed on Tuesday, Sept. 16, ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan told the New York Post this week that he had his lap band surgically removed in solidarity with his twin brother, Rob, who required his lap band to ...

Laparoscopic gastric band surgery, buoyed by an obesity epidemic and improved clinical outcomes, has become a viable option for ambulatory surgery centers, but payors have been slow in extending ...

A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, compared with 36 percent in those ...

Keep the good vibrations coming for Carnie Wilson. The singer, 57, revealed she was recently hospitalized with complications from her lap-band removal surgery. “OK, the official update. My daughter’s ...

Carnie Wilson was recently hospitalized after complications arose from her lap band removal surgery, the Wilson Phillips singer shared on social media Thursday. Wilson, 57, who is also the daughter of ...