A new weight-loss treatment could be on the horizon with an innovative endoscopic procedure that ablates (burns) the stomach lining to reduce production of ghrelin, a hormone that triggers hunger, ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (University of Missouri/KY3) - Food is a major source of joy for DeAnn Washington. Whether it’s cooking a big dinner for her husband and five kids, larger family outings to the park for ...

An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a procedure that helps diagnose and treat conditions of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. During the EGD procedure, a doctor passes an endoscope, a camera ...