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Weight Loss Surgery for the Non-Obese? Weight loss surgery is not just for the morbidly obese any more. That’s the conclusion of a research team from the University of Southampton in Britain. In...

2 Fat 2 Fly Part II Weight Loss Surgery News viewers will recall our story last week on Ryanair, the budget Irish airline that makes its bread ferrying Dubliners from the overcast Emerald Isle to...

Weight Loss Surgery Safer Than Ever A new study by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that shows that complications from adjustable gastric banding procedures and other types of...

New Gastric Band Debuts Lap-band fans, move over -- there’s a new kid on the block: the REALIZE™ Adjustable Gastric Band-C, the newest addition to the REALIZE portfolio. The latest offering...

Corn Syrup: Safe or Scary? High fructose corn syrup, or HFCS – a mixture of glucose and fructose – is in almost everything that we eat, from soda to salad dressing. Many people say it’s...

Greetings! In the May 15, 2009 edition of WLS News, get the skinny on whether high fructose corn syrup makes you fat, find out why weight loss surgery may benefit patients who are not morbidly...

In the May 15, 2009 edition of WLS News, we'll fill you in on the new REALIZE-C adjustable gastric band, report on the controversy surrounding high fructose corn syrup, and tell you why an Irish airline has reconsidered its proposed fat tax. We’ll also explain why weight loss surgery may be good for patients who aren’t morbidly obese, and share some promising statistics about the overall safety of bariatric procedures.

Alli-Oops! Alli, GlaxoSmithKline’s new over-the-counter weight loss medicine, was rolled out in Europe this week, and the world of weight loss is all abuzz. But Alli is not a magical cure for...