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A new study shows that weight loss surgery may resolve obesity-related, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. That’s the finding of a team of researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in...

The Food and Drug Administration has finally given its stamp of approval to Rebiana A –- a zero calorie, zero-carb sweetener made from the leaves of the stevia plant –- deeming it safe for use in food...

A new kind of celebrity, weight loss royalty, is on the rise in the United States.  So-called “weight loss czars” have appeared in several U.S. cities, each czar crowned by local governments out of...

Yvonne McCarthy takes a tour of the World Wide Web again, this time she discusses Obesity Help, the largest online community for pre- and post-operative weight loss surgery...

Weight loss surgery patients from across the Lone Star State will have a chance to meet with dozens of bariatric surgeons and allied health professionals later this month at the 2009 Texas Weight Loss...

If you’re among the 50,000 or so women of child-bearing age in the United States who have weight loss surgery every year, there's good news: medical experts say weight loss surgery may decrease...

A new study shows that weight loss surgery can have the same positive effect on diabetes for obese teenagers as it does for adults. The study, which was led by Dr. Thomas Inge, a pediatric surgeon at...

Now, for some more good news: it looks like physical activity after weight loss surgery may speed recovery. That’s the word from researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and...