CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) --A do-it-yourself gastric bypass surgery kit somehow popped up for sale on Amazon.com Monday. As WBBM Newsradio 780's Lisa Fielding reports, the Chicago-based company that makes it ...

Scalpel? Check. Syringe? Check. Cautery pen to stop the bleeding after the do-it-yourself surgery? Check. The scalpel, syringe, and more are among the supplies offered in a laparoscopic gastric bypass ...

‘Cause if you didn’t, you’re out of luck, bub. Up until yesterday, for about $265, you could order one on Amazon. They work great. Anyone can install one in seconds with a penknife and some packing ...

Obesity is a problem in the United States, and it's not a secret. Gastric bypass surgery is a radical, often last-ditch effort to "cure" the problem, and apparently some have decided that it's not ...

There’s no surgery like DIY surgery. Sometime in the near future we imagine concerned citizens performing heart transplant on their own, medial licenses be damned. But we’re not there yet, however, ...

If you are eligible for bariatric surgery, two procedures can be considered: gastric sleeve surgery and gastric bypass surgery. Both procedures are aimed at helping qualifying individuals lose weight.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a weight loss surgery that makes your stomach smaller and reroutes your intestines. You feel full faster, so you eat less. It can also affect how you absorb calories and ...

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