Bariatric surgery patients who opted for sleeve gastrectomy saw a lower risk of death, a new study found. In a retrospective cohort study of nearly 100,000 Medicare patients with severe obesity, those ...

The study compared three types of bariatric, or weight loss, surgery: gastric sleeve, gastric band and gastric bypass. "We believe that gastric bypass may be the best surgical option in these patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who underwent gastric bypass had more excess BMI loss 10 years after surgery than those who had a sleeve ...

If you are eligible for bariatric surgery, two procedures can be considered: gastric sleeve surgery and gastric bypass surgery. Both procedures are aimed at helping qualifying individuals lose weight.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with type 2 diabetes have similar overall health costs after gastric bypass vs. sleeve gastrectomy.

However, sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass did not significantly differ in terms of mean percentage total weight loss. (HealthDay News) — The long-term outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy (SG ...

Mother of four Rachel Layou, 43, claims a gastric sleeve operation destroyed her life after it caused her to become anorexic. Mercury Press & Media She went from morbidly obese to lethally underweight ...

Recruiting and retaining adults in an online nutrition education intervention after sleeve gastrectomy was feasible, and although the program received positive feedback, more study is needed to ...

BOSTON - A nonsurgical weight loss procedure may be more effective and less expensive than weight loss drugs like Ozempic. This is a much less invasive procedure than gastric sleeve surgery. It's ...