(WISH) The FDA has approved a new device for the treatment of obesity. It’s a manual pump that drains food out of your stomach. Surgeons place the “AspireAssist” device by inserting a tube in the ...

From the mind that brought you the Segway, comes the latest in letting machines do basic bodily functions for you. A recent patent application, titled "APPARATUS FOR TREATING OBESIT BY EXTRACTING FOOD ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a weight loss device on Tuesday that pumps food out of a person’s stomach after they eat a meal. While some have criticized the device as “assisted bulimia,” ...

The AspireAssist device (Aspiration Bariatrics, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and Mina Medial, Sweden), with which obese patients pump out a third of the contents of their stomach after eating their ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new line of treatment for obese patients who struggle with the conventional non-surgerical weight-loss therapy. The newly approved device, named ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved an unusual weight loss device Tuesday: an external pump that dumps part of the stomach contents into the toilet. Some critics have called it “assisted bulimia ...