After almost passing out as he descended 18 stories of stairs in March, Leo Willard knew he needed to do more to lose weight. The Springfield resident who at the time was a “snowbird” at the high-rise ...

Patients who qualify for the gastric balloon procedures have a BMI of 30-40 and must not have had prior weight loss surgery. The gastric balloon is most suitable for patients who need to lose around ...

AUSTIN, TX / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2021 / Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. ("Apollo") (NASDAQ:APEN), a global leader in minimally invasive medical devices for gastrointestinal and bariatric procedures, ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ--(Marketwired - Sep 23, 2015) - Dr. Sohail Shaikh of the Center for Bariatric Endoscopy is the first gastroenterologist in the Northeast to perform the new Intragastric Balloon procedure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . None of the largest U.S. insurers provide coverage for intragastric balloon or endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . To compare the cost and weight loss effects of PIGB, researchers developed a Markov microsimulation model that ...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has added the intragastric balloon to its list of approved procedures and devices. The announcement was made today and comes following ...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has just added intragastric balloons to its list of devices and procedures that it endorses. The society reviewed the evidence and made ...