The weight loss balloon (also called the intragastric balloon) is a simple, non-surgical outpatient procedure. Gastric balloons are an option for people who need to lose weight but do not qualify for ...

Researchers have developed and are testing a small, implanted gastric balloon that people can inflate or deflate to feel full ...

Background and Aim: Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) has been used for the treatment of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). There are several reports on the utility and success of this non ...

It's “the world’s first and only swallowable, procedure-less gastric balloon for weight loss ... and endoscopy for either ...

the new gastric balloon could offer an alternative to existing obesity treatments. Other treatments for obesity include gastric bypass surgery, "stomach stapling" (a surgical procedure in which ...

Actress Jackie Matubia has left netizens impressed after sharing before/after photos following a gastric balloon procedure. In the photo, the mother of two looks more toned in her after picture ...

Imagine a professional inflating a balloon with a small pump. No, we’re not talking about a clown at a birthday party, but engineers in a laboratory designing a medical product to treat obesity.

Gastric balloons are used for people with obesity for whom weight loss drugs have not worked and who want to avoid bariatric surgery. People who have not been able to lose and keep off weight ...

Three years earlier, when his body mass index was 26.5 kg/m2, a gastric balloon had been inserted ... One day after gastroscopic balloon removal the patient was free of symptoms; his pancreatitis ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers have designed a new type of gastric balloon that could help ... treatments such as gastric bypass surgery, or people who do not respond well ...

the new gastric balloon could offer an alternative to existing obesity treatments. Other treatments for obesity include gastric bypass surgery, "stomach stapling" (a surgical procedure in which ...