Maryland bill would provide weight loss medications to Medicaid patients, but the obstacle is cost
Many Marylanders struggle with obesity but cannot get access to weight loss medications because insurance will not pay for ...
Taking semaglutide before bariatric surgery does not improve weight loss or safety, study finds
Mass General Brigham researchers found that total weight loss did not increase for patients who took semaglutide before ...
Mom of 2 Gets Surgery for ‘Wrinkly’ Face After 100-Lb. Weight Loss — but Now She Can’t Shut Her Eyes
Joanne Law says she’s left with painful scars and eyes that constantly tear from a cheap cosmetic procedure in Turkey.
How weight loss drugs, surgery and awareness contribute to dip in obesity
WESH 2's Jason Guy and Orlando Health Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute surgeon, Dr. Muhammad Ghanem, discuss potential influences on the downward trend ...
Obese patients requiring surgery need more access to weight loss drugs
Specialists say that overweight people who have cancer or need a transplant are using weight loss medication before the ...
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When the drugs don’t work: Ozempic and the growing need for weight-loss surgery
Despite Ozempic’s popularity, Cork surgeon Colm O’Boyle talks to Sarah Horgan of the side effects, treatment failures, and ...
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The scientific reason behind the weight loss yo-yo effect: your body has a ‘fat memory’
As if weight loss wasn't hard enough, your body seems to have evolved a system that fights against weight changes.
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NI woman shocked after cancer discovered during trip to Turkey for weight loss surgery
A woman from Co Armagh diagnosed with cancer while in Turkey for surgery to aid weight loss has described the devastating ...
Women are spending thousands on filler and surgery to make their vaginas look more ‘youthful’
As women get older or go through childbirth or menopause, their labia majora can thin and lose volume. Plastic surgeons who ...
Eight considerations if you want weight loss surgery abroad
When travelling abroad for medical treatment the NHS recommends ensuring you have adequate insurance. Most travel insurance policies will not cover you for planned treatment abroad, so you may need ...
Don’t get cheap weight loss surgery abroad, doctors warn
Don’t get cheap weight loss surgery abroad, doctors have warned. New guidelines published in the International Journal of ...