Obesity surgery (also known as bariatric and metabolic surgery) is one of the most common reasons for people to do so called 'medical tourism' – where they travel to another country to have the ...

Experts have issued new guidelines for patients considering weight loss surgery abroad as medical tourism continues to grow.

Experts warn that discounted bariatric surgery abroad could pose serious risks, as new guidelines aim to improve patient ...

Adults with obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass achieved a greater excess BMI loss at 10 years compared with those ...

Rules and protocols are helpful in medicine. I’ve argued for streamlined standardised pathways,1 and I also value the doctor’s unique role in knowing when to deviate from a protocol with an individual ...