A new gastric balloon that can be swallowed like a pill and then filled while in the stomach, helped patients lose more than 37 percent of their excess weight over four months, according to new ...

The gastric balloon was approved by the FDA in July A new, non-surgical weight-loss procedure that takes less than 15 minutes has the weight-loss community buzzing. The bariatric technology – known as ...

A gastric balloon that’s swallowed like a pill and then sits in the stomach filled with fluid helped patients lose more than a third of their excess weight over a four-month period, researchers have ...

If weight loss with drugs that must be self-injected weekly doesn’t sound appealing — think Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound — there may be an intriguing new option available down the road. It's “the ...

MIAMI, Fla. (KFSN) -- Now, a new procedure to help people who are moderately over weight is readily available. The FDA approved the gastric balloon late last summer. One patient and doctor share their ...

For many struggling with obesity, taking one of the newly approved prescription medications for weight loss (marketed as Qsymia, Belviq and Contrave) feels like climbing a mountain with a walking cane ...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has just added intragastric balloons to its list of devices and procedures that it endorses. The society reviewed the evidence and made ...

The weight loss balloon (also called the intragastric balloon) is a simple, non-surgical outpatient procedure. Gastric balloons are an option for people who need to lose weight but do not qualify for ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted physicians and surgeons who treat obesity that it is investigating whether there is a link between gastric balloons — a new-generation ...

Weight loss surgeries, also called bariatric surgeries, help people achieve long-term weight loss. Surgery may help you if you are severely overweight, have weight-related medical problems, or both.

A gastric balloon that’s swallowed like a pill and then sits in the stomach filled with fluid helped patients lose more than one-third of their excess weight over four months, researchers reported.