Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastric sleeve and gastric bypass are two types of weight loss surgery. They are effective for weight loss and for managing metabolic disorders such as diabetes.

Despairing at her situation and with personal and fertility troubles mounting, Jodie decided on gastric sleeve surgery in the UK in September 2021, which cost her £10.5k and led to a five stone ...

Amy flew to Egypt and had a gastric sleeve, also known as sleeve gastrectomy, which is a weight loss procedure that involves removing a significant portion of the stomach. Thanks to the gastric ...

For decades, medical practitioners have primarily relied on the degree of carotid narrowing (stenosis) to assess the risk of stroke and determine the best treatment options. However, mounting ...

A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with severe aortic stenosis even without symptoms. This is the first ...

“There is an urgent need to change practice and TAVR guidelines for the treatment of aortic stenosis patients, which currently recommend ‘watchful waiting’ until symptoms develop,” said ...

This is called neural foraminal stenosis. Foraminal stenosis happens when the openings along your spine that let nerves through become narrowed or blocked. (Photo Credit: Medical Body Scans ...

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. Thirty years ago, large studies showed that an operation in which a ...