An employee benefits survey from an international benefits watchdog found 22% of organizations cover prescription drugs for ...

Nov. 19 -- TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women who get pregnant after having weight-loss surgery have a lower risk of maternal and newborn complications than pregnant women who are obese, ...

Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) is one of the options available to some people to help with excess body weight.

Obesity is one of the most common diseases in the U.S., affecting more than one-third of adults and causing 300,000 deaths annually. Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 ...

A new study from Cleveland Clinic finds that bariatric surgery for weight loss offers more long-term benefits compared to GLP-1 medications. “We found that people who had bariatric surgery lost more ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Gastric bypass and other weight loss procedures, collectively known as “Bariatric Surgery,” help people who are obese shed extra pounds. Worldwide, about 580 ...

Bariatric surgery is associated with long-term improvements in cognition and brain structure in addition to general health benefits and expected weight loss, a large study found. Among 133 adults with ...

For older adults with obesity, bariatric surgery does not appear to significantly reduce the risk for obesity-related cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD), as it does in younger adults. Bariatric ...

Obesity, a chronic disease characterized by an unhealthy amount of body fat, confers a high risk of several types of cancer, including colorectal, kidney, liver, and pancreatic malignancies. Lifestyle ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Bariatric surgery is best known as a weight loss tool when diet and exercise don’t cut it. Research shows about 228,000 Americans undergo these procedures each year ...

Bariatric surgery is best known as a weight-loss tool when diet and exercise don’t cut it. Research shows about 228,000 Americans undergo these procedures each year which is only about one percent of ...