Engineers designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. It could offer an alternative for people who don't want to undergo more invasive treatments such as ...

But unlike other gastric balloons, this one can be inflated and deflated to mimic the body's natural sensations of hunger and fullness. An early test on animals showed a 60% decrease in food ...

Dieters’ food intake could be cut by 60 per cent following the development of a new type of gastric balloon by engineers at MIT. The new balloon is similar to a traditional gastric balloon. It is ...

Invasive weight-loss surgeries can often be a tough sell, too. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they've developed an alternative: A small, implanted gastric ...

Gastric balloons -; silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach -; can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However, this effect eventually ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA --Gastric balloons — silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach — can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However ...

However, the effectiveness of this approach can wane over time because the balloon is always inflated. Now, MIT engineers have outlined in a new study how they’ve devised a gastric balloon that ...

Gastric balloons-silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach-can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However, this effect eventually can wear off ...