Medicare covers lap band surgery if you meet specific requirements, such as having a BMI of 35 or higher, an obesity-related health condition, and unsuccessful prior medical treatments for obesity.

(NBC) - 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. That has caused ...

Sometimes Paul Lee has to stop for a second when he realizes he can do things that, for many years, he couldn’t - when he was more than 200 pounds heavier. “I keep finding new things daily, like ...

The FDA approved the LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System on June 5, 2001 (for details go to http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2001/ANS01087.html. The CPT ...

Christie's Lap-Band surgery, performed laparoscopically, was less-invasive. May 7, 2013— -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed earlier this week that he had secretly undergone Lap-Band ...

Since her rise to fame in the '90s with the Grammy-nominated trio Wilson Phillips, Carnie Wilson has been open about her struggles with weight. Once over 300 pounds, she agreed to have her gastric ...

The FDA will decide whether 14-year-olds should get the weight loss surgery. May 25, 2011— -- Jacy Johns had tried everything to lose weight -- from the Slim Fast diet to Special K. She hit the ...

Anyone considering the Lap-Band as a solution to their obesity might be wondering if its safe after seeing the latest news stories involving a marketing campaign and doctors associated with it. The ...

A new report finds that extremely obese people who have a band surgically strapped around their stomachs to restrict food intake not only lose weight but also suffer less from arthritic knee pain. The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An older kind of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery could lead to severe complications over the long haul, Belgian researchers said Monday. The surgery works by placing a ...