Stomach stapler for the obese gets $30 million
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Blog:  With TOGa, doctors can staple your stomach without cutting you open.
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Cubans are no strangers to the battle of the bulge. Waistlines have expanded since the economic crisis of the early 1990s eased on the communist-run island &#151; so much so that 30 percent of adults are now overweight, a newly released government study reveals.
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The apparel specialist is on the block.
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Maximus, a Reston company that provides consulting services for local and state social service agencies, settled a Medicaid fraud lawsuit with the federal government for $30.5 million yesterday.
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A study finds that weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes in the obese.
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A study found weight-loss surgery better than standard medical therapy in treating Type 2 diabetes in the obese.
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TUESDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A still-small but growing number of teens are undergoing bariatric surgery, which reduces the size of the stomach, to treat obesity.
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Obese Americans are overwhelming  medical imaging machines that now have a hard time peering  inside their bodies, doctors reported on Wednesday.
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OMAHA, Neb. - A Web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for advertising space is cashing in. Andrew Fischer, who put his forehead advertising space for sale on e-Bay, received $37,375 to advertise the snoring remedy, SnoreStop.
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An Australian company announced they have a pill that takes care of your bulge, and they said it is free of side effects. The company Metabolic Pharmaceuticals said the drug works by burning fat.
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Make sure YOUR wallet is the one getting fatter.
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(HealthDay News) -- Though it continues to grow in popularity among the severely obese, gastric bypass surgery should not be taken lightly.
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A Houston surgery center has offered to donate a gastric bypass operation to a 420-pound boy who needs the procedure for a chance at a healthy life.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD - A day after surgeons reduced the size of his stomach in a nine-hour surgery, Patrick Deuel - who once weighed 1,072 pounds - moved around and even cracked a couple of jokes from his hospital bed, his doctor said Wednesday.
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CHICAGO Obese people who have stomach-reducing surgery may be shedding more than just pounds. A new report says the operations may also cure other ills, like diabetes and high-blood pressure.
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For obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that persists after standard surgery, relief may come from a type of "keyhole" operation that reduces the size of the stomach -- laparoscopic gastric bypass -- new research shows.
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man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. Patrick Deuel, 42, underwent the procedure to reduce the