Anyone considering the Lap-Band as a solution to their obesity might be wondering if its safe after seeing the latest news stories involving a marketing campaign and doctors associated with it. The ...

Weight-loss experts explain why combining GLP-1 medications with bariatric surgery may be the most effective approach to ...

Medicare covers lap band surgery if you meet specific requirements, such as having a BMI of 35 or higher, an obesity-related health condition, and unsuccessful prior medical treatments for obesity.

A federal advisory committee has endorsed changing the body mass index (BMI) required for lap-band surgery from 35 to 30.This would broaden the population of those eligible for the surgery from 13 ...

Laparoscopic gastric band surgery, buoyed by an obesity epidemic and improved clinical outcomes, has become a viable option for ambulatory surgery centers, but payors have been slow in extending ...

A new surgical option to treat morbid obesity will be available at Quad-Cities hospitals this fall. Although gastric bypass has been offered in the area for years, this fall will mark the first time ...

Lap-Band weight-loss device manufacturer Allergan has asked the FDA to approve Lap-Band surgeries for adolescents as young as 14, according to an LA Times report. Physicians can already perform ...

New Jersey Republican Kept Secret Because 'It's Nobody Else's Business' May 7, 2013 -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap band surgery in February to control his weight. Christie, ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a huge announcement to the The New York Post—but not the one everyone has been expecting. The paper reported on Tuesday that the famously rotund Christie ...

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 ...