The new hot thing for losing weight is a procedure available in Europe that starts with a swallowing a pill and ends with a balloon in the gut. The Obalon balloon includes a small capsule attached to ...

GLP-1 meds are all the rage for weight loss nowadays, but not everyone can safely take the drugs to shed pounds. Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too. Now, researchers at the ...

Jan. 6, 2006 — -- A popular procedure in Europe called gastric ballooning seems like a great alternative to gastric-bypass surgery. All it takes is inserting a balloon into the stomach through ...

WSFA/NBC - A non-surgical weight loss tool is now available to men and women who are hoping to shed more than a few pounds. The new tool is a pill that you swallow with a balloon inside. The balloon ...

Can you imagine a world where all you have to do is pop a pill and within three months you'll have effortlessly dropped a dress size - maybe more - without having to diet or exercise? That's the ...

Shine a light: A novel light-sensitive polymer allows a gastric balloon to be broken down inside the stomach (Courtesy: Ritu Raman) A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...

Actress Jackie Matubia has left netizens impressed after sharing before/after photos following a gastric balloon procedure. In the photo, the mother of two looks more toned in her after picture and ...

Where drugs have foundered, devices hope to flourish. At least that is the belief driving several medical device companies that seek to tackle the growing (ahem) problem of obesity in the U.S. and ...

Vittorio Campati is a 40-year-old restaurant chef. He weighs 308 pounds, likes pasta and sweets and has failed many diets. His last resort? A balloon inserted into his stomach in a procedure that ...

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the sudden deaths of five people who had undergone an obesity treatment that places an inflated silicone balloon in their stomach. All deaths happened ...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has added the intragastric balloon to its list of approved procedures and devices. The announcement was made today and comes following ...

All five had gotten liquid-filled balloons placed in stomach to aid weight loss Five people who were using an obesity treatment that places balloons inside their stomachs have died since 2016, ...