The FDA has approved the use of a stomach pump device, AspireAssist, to aid in the weight loss of obese patients. To use the device, patients must first have a tube placed in their stomach. "It's an ...

The AspireAssist device (Aspiration Bariatrics, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and Mina Medial, Sweden), with which obese patients pump out a third of the contents of their stomach after eating their ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KGO) -- A new procedure to help people lose weight adds to the stomach, instead of shrinking it. This technique doesn't change anything physical, except for the weight. Diane Navarro ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new line of treatment for obese patients who struggle with the conventional non-surgerical weight-loss therapy. The newly approved device, named ...

You’ve probably heard of someone having to get their “stomach pumped,” especially if you’ve been of drinking age for a few decades now. It has historically been used as a threat to discourage ...

For people who have tried everything to lose weight and failed, a new device may be a solution. The Food and Drug Administration approved an unusual weight loss device Tuesday: an external pump that ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved AspireAssist, a device that takes a new approach to weight loss: removing food from your stomach via a pump before it is fully digested. Dr. Louis ...

Yesterday, the FDA approved a device called AspireAssist, which helps obese people control weight loss and calorie intake by pumping half-digested food out of their stomach. Getting it only requires a ...

An experimental procedure could reduce levels of a hunger-triggering hormone by burning part of a person's stomach lining, a new study reports. In the procedure, doctors snake a tube down the ...

You’ve probably heard of someone having to get their “stomach pumped,” especially if you’ve been of drinking age for a few decades now. It has historically been used as a threat to discourage ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a weight loss device on Tuesday that pumps food out of a person’s stomach after they eat a meal. While some have criticized the device as “assisted bulimia,” ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a weight loss device on Tuesday that pumps food out of a person’s stomach after they eat a meal. While some have criticized the device as “assisted bulimia,” ...