Two new studies and an editorial in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine supported gastric-bypass surgery as a way to significantly improve mortality rates in obese people. Such surgery has been performed for quite some time and shown to be effective for weight reduction in morbidly obese patients. But until these studies were completed there […]

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is considering proposals to offer free stomach surgery for obese teens. The rationale is that it will reduce costs in the long term due to health issues arising from obesity such as diabetes and heart disease. That’s good, because at around 8,000 pounds the cost of […]

Samitivej Hospital is one of the big name private hospitals in Bangkok with a history and reputation comparable to Bumrungrad. Samitivej was present at a recent health and beauty convention promotiing their “Estetics Institute”. It is a new wing at the hospital that focuses on a variety of cosmetic medical procedures. Their list of available […]

Yanhee Hospital is the world’s largest cosmetic surgery center, having performed more cosmetic surgery procedures than any other hospital in the world, by a very large margin. And in addition to all the nips and tucks they perform, they also offer surgical weightloss procedures, including gastric banding. Gastric banding using the Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band, […]