Discover the unexpected ways bariatric surgery could transform your skin and hair—what’s really happening beneath the surface ...

The duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis for bariatric surgery should not exceed 24 h after surgery is completed.

To prepare for surgery and life after gastric bypass, you may meet with a: A month before surgery. You’ll need a pre-surgery checkup. Your doctor will let you know what to expect, but you may ...

Bariatric surgery can help people who struggle with obesity lose significant amounts of weight, but after that weight comes off, it can leave behind sagging or loose skin. This happens because the ...

Lb. Life met Alicia Kirgan in season 6, episode 3, “Alicia’s Story,” in 2018. The Madison, Illinois, native returned for a ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...

Patients may lose between 50% and 70% of their excess body weight within the first year after surgery. Bariatric surgery can ...

"After many unsuccessful attempts to lose weight, at 260 pounds, we decided bariatric surgery was the answer. It changed my ...

Obesity is very prevalent. Most treatments fail owing to hard-wired survival mechanisms, linking stress and appetite, which have become grossly maladaptive in the industrial era. Antiobesity ...