An experimental procedure could reduce levels of a hunger-triggering hormone by burning part of a person's stomach lining, a new study reports. In the procedure, doctors snake a tube down the ...
A new weight-loss treatment could be on the horizon with an innovative endoscopic procedure that ablates (burns) the stomach lining to reduce production of ghrelin, a hormone that triggers hunger, ...
CHICAGO - The two-page report to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is a record of failure: 13 diets tried for more than two decades, to no effect. Jeff Flanzbaum, who started a five-year Weight ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A nursing assistant died while undergoing stomach reduction surgery, and the hospital said Thursday it is suspending such operations while it investigates. Brett Davey, spokesman ...