Mama June Shannon will soon be disappearing right before your very eyes. The reality star, who’s publicly struggled with her weight, will undergo gastric sleeve surgery later this month, Page Six has ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Considering the outstanding rate of success, obtaining a gastric sleeve or another weight loss procedure might seem like the end of a patient's struggle with ...

Obese patients wanting to go under the knife to lose weight now have another option: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Since it made its debut in Siouxland in May, the procedure, which decreases ...

This surgery is done by making several small incisions and using small instruments and a camera to guide the surgery (laparoscopic approach). More than half of your stomach is removed, leaving a thin ...

GLENDALE (KABC) There is no cutting involved in a new procedure called the "gastric sleeve." The most prominent types of weight-loss surgery are gastric bypass and the LAP-BAND. The general goal of ...

With lap-band surgery failing to induce weight loss in a growing number of patients, a Dallas bariatric surgeon said he has been successfully using gastric sleeve revision surgery for them, according ...

Christine Carter, 28, is a weight-loss success story, but her journey to a happy, healthy weight might look a bit different than most people's paths. And that's totally fine with her. In August 2014, ...

WEBVTT S HEATHER UNRUH SAYS THERE IS A WAY TO CHANGE ONE'S LIFE AND STOMACH. HEATHER: JEFF IS A NURSE AND HE SAW FIRSTHAND WHAT OBESITY CAN DO TO A BODY. JEFF: THAT IS WHAT KIND OF PROMPTED ME TO GET ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Governor Chris Christie underwent LAP-BAND surgery in February. It's a less invasive stomach surgery to help obese people lose weight. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is On Your ...

Bariatric procedures in teens appear to be on the rise. How young is too young? Sept. 20, 2010— -- It's an option that may seem extreme for a teenage patient. But ask 15-year-old Kallum ...