HIGH-carbohydrate diets are just as effective in maintaining weight loss as other r diets, it is now claimed.
A study to be presented to a conference in Adelaide next week, has found people on diets …

San Francisco, CA (AHN) – According to the results of a new study presented at the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery held between June 26 and July 1, weight loss …

The risk of complications after weight loss or "bariatric" surgery increases slightly for each additional year over age 60, according to a report in the Archives of Surgery. The results also confirm previous reports that …

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions today announced a five-year research and treatment program for the severely obese that will study the effects …

Weight-loss surgeons at Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco have launched a new study, “Bariatric Research and Cohort Evaluation Study”, or BRACES. The study will follow 40 patients after their participation in any of the four …

Phil Warren, CEO of Matrix Laser Centers in Mission Valley, talked about how a combination of laser technology and vitamin detox was helping people quit smoking. A low intensity laser stops the cigarette cravings, so the patient can …

The number of people undergoing weight-loss surgeries, especially gastric bypass, has grown at a phenomenal rate. According to the December Archives of Surgery, bariatric operations have increased 450% between 1998 and 2002, going from 12,775 …

Less invasive weight-loss techniques like the lap-band surgery and balloon surgery are becoming increasingly popular in Europe but are yet to catch on in US.
In the lap-band technique, an adjustable band is slipped around the stomach through a …