Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If weight loss with drugs that must be self-injected weekly doesn't sound appealing — think Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound — there ...

Engineers designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. It could offer an alternative for people who don't want to undergo more invasive treatments such as ...

A new treatment for overweight and obesity combining the world's first and only procedure-free swallowable gastric balloon—that is placed without surgery, endoscopy or anesthesia and passes out of the ...

A sedentary lifestyle is a major factor that affects your metabolism. A slower metabolism equates to fewer calories being burnt by the body and, hence, contributing to food being stored in the form of ...

Combining a swallowable gastric balloon with a weight loss drug may be a way to lose significant body weight, a new study suggests. In about eight months of combination treatment, participants lost an ...

GLP-1 meds are all the rage for weight loss nowadays, but not everyone can safely take the drugs to shed pounds. Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too. Now, researchers at the ...

If only weight loss were as easy as swallowing a pill — and now, it might be. Doctors from Italy have developed an easy-to-swallow capsule that fills with water to create a small balloon after it ...

The capsule is ingested and then the gastric balloon is filled with water to create a sense of fullness - ALLURION/PA Obese patients have taken a water balloon weight loss pill on the NHS for the ...

Gastric balloons—silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach—can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However, this effect can eventually wear off ...