ROME – Vittorio Campati is a 40-year-old restaurant chef. He weighs 308 pounds, likes pasta and sweets and has failed many diets. His last resort? A balloon inserted into his stomach in a procedure ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Acadiana residents Angela Stansbury and Suzette Fowler are down a few pounds after putting balloons in their stomach. “You definitely know something is in your stomach. It’s ...

Using a recently approved technique, physicians at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville have inserted balloons in the stomachs of obese patients to help them lose weight. Gastroenterologists Dr. John S ...

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the sudden deaths of five people who had undergone an obesity treatment that places an inflated silicone balloon in their stomach. All deaths happened ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal health regulators on Tuesday approved an inflatable medical balloon that aids weight loss by filling up space in the stomach. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Reshape ...

Many would-be brides in Delhi are taking to balloons to lose weight. They are undergoing procedure which involves implanting a silicone balloon, which are filled with water, into the stomach. NEW ...

Balloons can make you smile. They can be used to present your thoughts and they can carry you up, up and away. Now they can also help you lose weight. Thanks to recent approval from the Food and Drug ...

It sounds like a load of hot air. But it’s now possible for some people to lose weight by inflating a balloon inside their stomach, according to the results of a new study. The device, created by the ...