Gastric Bypass Side Effects Headlines

Long term, gastric bypass beats out banding: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among weight-loss surgery options, gastric bypass comes with more complications shortly after surgery than gastric banding, but makes up for it with fewer long-term side effects and repeat operations, new research suggests. People who got bypass surgery also lost weight faster, and more kept it off, in the study of more than 400 obese Swiss patients. "What we would ...

Gastric balloon 'quick fix' could help thousands avoid surgery

DOCTORS in London are pioneering a new 15-minute treatment which could save thousands of dangerously overweight people from the trauma of gastric surgery.

Endobarrier: Alternative to gastric band takes just 15 minutes to put in place

Leslie Lloyd is one of the patients who has received an Endobarrier - a balloon-type device taken orally which lines the intestine and prevents food from being absorbed.

Think you're bloated by IBS? It could just be Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and it's easier to manage

For years Patrick Strudwick, left, was told he had IBS but he soon discovered he actually had SIBO which made him look pregnant.

Long term, gastric bypass beats out banding: study - Chicago Tribune

Long term, gastric bypass beats out banding: study Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among weight-loss surgery options, gastric bypass comes with more complications shortly after surgery than gastric banding, but makes up for it with fewer long-term side effects and repeat operations, new research suggests. and more »