The marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN has promised to make Lap-Band surgery risks more prominent in future ads after receiving a warning letter from the FDA last week, according to a Los Angeles Times ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An older kind of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery could lead to severe complications over the long haul, Belgian researchers said Monday. The surgery works by placing a ...

Carnie WIlson shared that she was hospitalized following removal of her lap-band in an Instagram update on Thursday, Sept. 25 The Wilson Phillips singer, 57, had the band removed on Tuesday, Sept. 16, ...

Researchers found 80 percent of patients who developed esophageal dilatation after gastric banding required conversion to a different bariatric procedure or had the band removed, according to findings ...