Washington, March 8 (ANI): A first-in-human study has shown that gastric artery chemical embolization is safe and effective for obesity treatment.

Washington, November 3 (ANI): Endocrinologists from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research have warned that some types of bariatric surgery may cause bone loss, particularly when carried out on young people who have not yet reached their peak bone mass.

Washington, October 29(ANI): Babies born to mothers who lost a substantial amount of weight after bariatric surgery have fewer cardiovascular risk factors than their siblings who were born before the surgery, a new study by researchers at Laval University has found.

Washington, October 19 (ANI): Penn State College of Medicine researchers have found that losing weight does not lead to improved fertility in women, but does improve sexual function.

Washington, October 18 (ANI): Researchers have revealed that bariatric surgery-restrictive gastric banding and other types of gastric bypass-can radically reduce risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and within a short period of time, indicates an analysis of the available evidence,

Washington, September 19 (ANI): In a study, researchers have found that bariatric surgery reduces the long-term risk of developing diabetes by over 80 percent among people with obesity.

London, August 27 (ANI): Researchers including one of Indian origin have claimed that vaccines and antibiotics may someday join caloric restriction or bariatric surgery as a way to regulate weight gain.

Washington, August 19 (ANI): People who undergo bariatric surgery to treat obesity experience an overall improvement in quality of life issues after the operation - from their relationships to medical conditions, a new study has revealed.

London, August 7 (ANI): Obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery are not at an increased risk of broken bones in the first few years after the operation, a new study has found.

Washington, June 26 (ANI): An endocrinologist from India has suggested that modified bariatric surgery such as sleeve gastrectomy should be considered at an earlier stage of Type 2 diabetes, rather than as a last resort.

Washington, June 19 (ANI): Those who had a common bariatric surgery to lose weight have a significantly higher risk of alcohol use disorders (AUD) two years after surgery, a study by a National Institutes of Health research consortium has found.

London, May 21 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time found that an experimental bariatric surgery can lower blood sugar levels in rats with type 1 diabetes.

Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): Overweight, diabetic patients who undergo bariatric surgery may achieve considerable improvement or remission of their diabetes, a new study has revealed.

Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): Bariatric surgery reduces long-term incidence of cardiovascular deaths and events like heart attack and stroke among obese people, a new study has revealed.