A study of the two most popular weight-loss surgeries found obese diabetics who had gastric bypass surgery lost 64 percent of their excess weight after a year, compared with 36 percent in those ...

An FDA advisory committee voted 8 to 2 that Allergan's Lap-Band device is safe enough to use in patients who are just moderately overweight with a BMI as low as 30. The stomach-shrinking device is ...

An FDA advisory panel has voted in favor of approving the Lap-Band gastric binding procedure for less obese patients than current regulations permit, according to a news release from Allergan, maker ...

Laparoscopic gastric band surgery, buoyed by an obesity epidemic and improved clinical outcomes, has become a viable option for ambulatory surgery centers, but payors have been slow in extending ...

Allergan Inc's already approved stomach band was effective for reducing weight in a broader group of obese patients, U.S. reviewers said in documents released on Wednesday. The maker of Botox, breast ...

IRVINE, Calif., June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReShape Lifesciences® (Nasdaq: RSLS), the premier physician-led weight loss and metabolic health solutions company, today announced the submission of ...

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReShape Lifesciences (RSLS)® (Nasdaq: RSLS), the premier physician-led weight loss and metabolic health solutions company, today announced that ...