Discover how bariatric surgery can change your life for the better. Explore the benefits and transformative effects.

University of Maryland Medical System surgeons break down how weight loss surgery works, who qualifies and what patients can ...

PHILADELPHIA -- At Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, surgeon Piotr Krecioch has his hands full launching a ...

The battle of the bulge! With two strong contenders in the ring — surgery and medications — thousands of patients have had success shedding weight, but is there a clear champion? For many people like ...

Research shows that metabolic surgery and GLP-1 medications are both effective therapies for treating obesity. Medications ...

A study led by the Joslin Diabetes Center found that bariatric metabolic surgery is more effective at glycemic and weight control than medical and lifestyle interventions for people with type 2 ...

Bariatric surgery far outperformed GLP-1 weight loss drugs in a new real-world comparison of more than 50,000 patients. Two years after treatment, surgery patients lost about 58 pounds on average, ...

At 293 pounds, Stormie Fish couldn’t carry her toddler from the parking lot at Northmoreland Park in Allegheny Township into the 2019 Labor Day festival. “By the time we got to the top, I was ...