On a low-sodium diet, you eat less than 2,300 milligrams a day. Learn how this diet can improve the health of at-risk groups.

Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass are weight loss surgeries that help you eat less by reducing the size of your stomach. They have several key differences in benefits, risks, and recovery ...

"Our study provides one of the first national estimates of the decline in utilization of bariatric metabolic surgery among privately insured patients corresponding to the rising use of blockbuster ...

Bariatric surgery typically costs between $17,400 and $22,850, according to the study. While that sounds (and is!) pretty steep, it's important to remember that it's a one-time cost. What's more ...

It found that between 2022 and 2023, as prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs more than doubled, rates of bariatric surgery fell by 25.6%. The findings, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open ...

The placement and use of gastric tubes are one of the most common nursing procedures performed in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU). These tubes are used for gastric decompression ...

During the same period, there was a 25.6% decrease in patients undergoing metabolic bariatric surgery to treat obesity. The study is published in JAMA Network Open. "Our study provides one of the ...

Gut health isn’t the most glamorous of topics, but as many as 1 in 10 people regularly suffer from gastric symptoms like nausea, bloating, or cramping after eating. Figuring out exactly what’s ...

Probiotic strain Lactobacillus paragasseri OLL2716 can help improve gastric discomfort and mental health in healthy adults with gastric complaints, a Meiji-funded study revealed. Researchers in Japan ...

The FDA has approved Astellas’s zolbetuximab (Vyloy) for HER2-negative, claudin-18.2 (CLDN18.2)-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinomas. It is the first CLDN18.2 ...

VYLOY is the first and only CLDN18.2-targeted treatment approved in the U.S. for adults with advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer whose tumors are CLDN18.2 positive. Astellas ...