September 8, 2011 — Compared with gastric bypass bariatric surgery, the harms of duodenal switch surgery may outweigh the benefits, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported ...

Patients who underwent biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch surgery reported high mental and physical component scores 12 years after surgery, according to recent study findings. “The ...

Background: Patients with morbid obesity have an increased risk for anxiety and depression. The "duodenal switch" is perhaps the most effective obesity surgery procedure for inducing weight loss.

An uncommon kind of bariatric surgery is gaining ground with the assistance of new technology, and patients like Kaneisha Bailey are benefitting. Bailey was obese and remembers how it painfully ...

Losing weight in America is big business. Americans spend $61 billion a year on everything from diet pills and exercise videos to meal plans, health club memberships and medical treatment. One of the ...

A study published in JAMA Surgery compared long-term weight loss and other outcomes, along with adverse effects, of different surgical methods for weight loss. Obesity has grown from a health concern ...

Body mass index (BMI) is increasing in developed countries, where almost 50% of the adult population is now overweight or obese. This trend has also been described in diseases traditionally associated ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trueman Man Clinic Network announced that the 10,000th surgery utilizing its SWITCH Premature Ejaculation Surgery (Nerve Conservation), has been successfully ...