After three years, teens with severe obesity who underwent stomach reduction surgery to lose weight also significantly improved their heart health. A study published Monday in Pediatrics shows ...

According to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the number of stomach-reduction surgeries has gone from 20,000 in 1995 to 60,000 in 2002.

Five months after surgery, McGrath has lost more than 90 pounds. She is working two jobs in part to help her parents pay off the $30,000 cost of the surgery.

Surgeons at UCSD have performed what they say is the nation's first stomach reduction surgery through the mouth. It's part of an effort to take minimally invasive surgery to another level.

The first stomach-reduction surgery was performed in 1967 by two Iowa doctors. The surgeons had discovered that obese patients suffering from ulcers who underwent gastric bypass operations ...

A nursing assistant died while undergoing stomach reduction surgery, and the hospital said it is suspending such operations while it investigates. Nov. 21, 2003, 2:41 AM EST / Source : The ...

More than 100,000 stomach-reduction surgeries will be performed this year in the United States and membership in the American Society for Bariatric Surgery has more than doubled in the past few years.

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 ...