LOS ANGELES, CA — An experimental gastric balloon (Ellipse, Allurion Technologies) that is swallowed in a doctor's office, stays in the stomach for 4 months, and is then excreted, appears to be a safe ...

The global gastric device market is forecast to inch from over $124 million in 2025 to about $134 million by 2032, a new Research and Markets report finds, as weight-loss drugs and bariatric surgery ...

People who have been fitted with gastric balloons have been warned of 'serious complications' connected to the weight-loss procedure. The treatment, which has surged in popularity in recent years, ...

Dr. Sepehr Lalezari is a specialist in bariatric surgery and minimally invasive general surgery. Trained at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Lalezari is the foremost expert in weight loss ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. If only weight loss were as easy as swallowing a pill — and now, it might be. Doctors from Italy have developed an easy-to-swallow capsule that fills ...

Newswise — Anew gastric balloon that can be swallowed like a pill and then filledwhile in the stomach, helped patients lose more than 37 percent oftheir excess weight over four months, according to ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved another option to treat obesity: a grapefruit-size gastric balloon that takes up as much as half the volume of the stomach. Loyola Medicine's ...

Engineers designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. It could offer an alternative for people who don't want to undergo more invasive treatments such as ...

Combining a swallowable gastric balloon with a weight loss drug may be a way to lose significant body weight, a new study suggests. In about eight months of combination treatment, participants lost an ...

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New research on the first procedure-free gastric balloon, presented at this year's European Obesity Summit (EOS) in Gothenburg, Sweden (June 1-4) shows it is safe and results in similar weight loss to ...