It’s a non-surgical option for weight loss – and it’s not medication. WGN Medical reporter Dina Bair has more.

Garfield resident Patricia Lukens knew her life needed to change; she just didn’t know it would change during a visit at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital, where she was told she had five years to live if ...

In a retrospective study, semaglutide use leading up to bariatric surgery was not linked with greater weight loss a year after surgery. Rates of diabetes remission and complications were also ...

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Bariatric surgery is more cost-effective and offers better long-term outcomes than GLP-1 RAs for obesity and metabolic comorbidities. GLP-1 RAs face challenges like high costs, limited insurance ...

Amid the surge in GLP-1 weight-loss medications, some have questioned whether invasive procedures like lap band, gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries could wane in popularity. Carnie Wilson, of the ...

Significantly lower risk seen for developing major metabolic comorbidities. (HealthDay News) — Bariatric surgery is associated with a significantly lower risk for developing major metabolic ...

They also had fewer health problems like heart or kidney disease FRIDAY, Sept. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are all the rage for dropping excess pounds, but ...

Metabolic surgery was associated with lower all-cause mortality and a lower risk for major adverse cardiac events than GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs), based on data from a new study of more than 3000 ...