By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Powerful weight-loss drugs are expanding use of U.S. health care as patients starting ...

Eating healthy and exercising are important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but for some people - it's not enough.

Thanks to effective and popular new drugs for weight loss and diabetes – an estimated 1 in 8 adults in the US has used ...

While surgery has a low risk for complications, when they do occur, they are serious. This may explain why only 5%-10% of ...

Discover the unexpected ways bariatric surgery could transform your skin and hair—what’s really happening beneath the surface ...

Ochsner Lafayette General has become a regional leader in bariatric surgery by using the latest technology, focusing on a ...

Bariatric surgery, while generally excluded from health insurance coverage, can be payable if specific conditions are met.

"For certain patients who are higher-risk, who cannot undergo surgery or did not tolerate the [weight-loss] medication or had ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...