Scientists are discovering that the bacteria living inside the human gut may have far more influence on health than anyone ...

Changes in gut microbiota after bariatric surgery are strongly linked to altered metabolic health and sustained improvement ...

Preoperative weight loss with medications does not meaningfully diminish the effectiveness of bariatric surgery, according to ...

During the study, investigators completed all procedures robotically on OTTAVA without conversion to a non-robotic approach.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is touting positive results from the first clinical study of its Ottava soft-tissue surgical robot, ...

Metabolic and bariatric surgery associated with significantly greater weight loss and higher rates of obesity-related disease remission than glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s), ...

The number of bariatric surgeries performed annually in the U.S. has taken a sharp drop lately, new research shows, ...

Johnson & Johnson's Ottava robotic system completes its first clinical study in bariatric surgery, meeting safety endpoints ...

Bariatric surgery, including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, was associated with a moderate reduction in the risk for colon polyps and CRC.

People who begin obesity treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) and then undergo metabolic and ...