Nursing homes are bracing for a new population: the morbidly obese. Heftier equipment is just the beginning of their caregiving needs The “horror” stories were the trigger: Tales of hospitals without ...

CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital – North Georgia is just days away from opening its doors to patients. “It has been a long ...

Equipment manufacturer Hill-Rom recommends the bariatric room be at least 272 square feet, compared with the average private room size of 176 square feet. This allows for 5 feet of clearance around ...

Perioperative optimization of nutrition leads to lower risks, better outcomes, and improved quality of life for adult patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery, according to an updated ...

New York’s Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers Island prisoners and other inappropriate patients. By Jessica Silver-Greenberg Sarah Kliff and Aimee ...

Wallingford’s Gaylord Specialty Healthcare said it’s received a $75,000 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority to buy and install new ceiling-mounted lift equipment for ...

About half of patients receiving the procedure did not need medication to control their blood pressure after 5 years. Bariatric surgery may be a viable option for long-term hypertension remission in ...