• With lap-band surgery, weight loss is slower and less dramatic than with gastric bypass. • Other well-known lap-band patients include New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and actor Brian Dennehy.

Alex Brecher, shown pre-surgery, had weighed 255 pounds. He’s authored four books about bariatric surgery like Lap-Band procedures. The surgery can greatly improve quality of life, ...

The study involved 151 consecutive patients receiving lap-band surgery (using a device made by Bio-Enterics) from 1994 to 1997. Himpens and colleagues tried to contact them by telephone and mail ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Governor Chris Christie underwent LAP-BAND surgery in February. It's a less invasive stomach surgery to help obese people lose weight. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is On ...

Mar. 23 -- TUESDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that gastric lap-band surgery isn't only for the most obese; it can also combat diabetes in people who aren't severely fat ...

Launched in 2009, Lap-Band VIP steers patients to Mount Sinai Surgery Center in Tarzana. The Lap-Band is a silicone ring surgically implanted around the stomach to discourage overeating and help ...

MIAMI (CBS4) -- Gastric band surgery helps people lose weight but it can be a scary surgery. So imagine losing weight without having to go under the knife. Now, there's a new procedure that uses ...

Bariatric surgery For Latoyar "Pooh" Waddell, life as a 300-plus pound woman was slowly killing her. "I was plagued with co-morbidities associated with morbid obesity," she says.

When it comes to weight loss surgery, the lap band procedure is one of the most popular, but doctors say in many cases the weight either never comes off or soon returns.

Laparoscopic gastric band surgery, buoyed by an obesity epidemic and improved clinical outcomes, has become a viable option for ambulatory surgery centers, but payors have been slow in extending ...

The lap band costs somewhere between $18,000 and $35,000. By Kevin Robillard 05/07/2013 10:50 AM EDT New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed Tuesday he secretly had lap-band surgery to lose weight ...