Candidates for weight-loss surgery accept a level of risk and uncertainty about the outcome with any procedure. Many do so because having a body mass index of 35 or more with obesity-related health ...

A surgeon now at Children's National Medical Center and his colleagues from New York University have found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Lap band) to improve the health of morbidly obese ...

Gastric bypass surgery is used to help people lose weight when eating and exercise aren’t enough. A new less invasive option, gastric banding, is helping people once scared off by the original Lap ...

Some providers have extended the use of gastric band surgery to patients with lower body mass indexes, following a recent FDA decision to lower the BMI threshold, according to a report by Mass Device.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A form of weight-loss surgery called gastric banding appears safe and effective for severely obese teenagers, according to a study at one medical center. The findings, ...

One year after weight loss surgery with laparoscopic gastric banding, extremely obese adults demonstrate not only better physical health but also improved psychological health, a new study shows. The ...

In 2008, North Star Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, added a gastric lap-banding service line to its cadre of procedures. Though the service line has been put on hold temporarily, due to the ...

A long-term study by Monash University researchers - the first of its kind - has found that gastric band surgery has significant benefits for moderately overweight people with type 2 diabetes.

The FDA will decide whether 14-year-olds should get the weight loss surgery. May 25, 2011— -- Jacy Johns had tried everything to lose weight -- from the Slim Fast diet to Special K. She hit the ...

Wilmington’s A.I. duPont Hospital for Children is studying whether weight loss surgery can help severely overweight teens. During gastric band surgery, doctors buckle a silicone strip around the ...

Medicare covers lap band (laparoscopic banding) surgery if you meet the criteria. Your out-of-pocket costs can depend on the specific coverage you have and the services you need. Medicare generally ...

The Lap-Band helped him lose the weight. But keeping it off? That’s on him. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is showing off a reported 85-pound weight loss after undergoing the adjustable gastric band ...