Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to a recent study, treatment with a nasal balloon can be used in a primary care setting to clear up ...

Patients being treated for obesity gained a new, nonsurgical treatment option on July 28, 2015, when the FDA approved the ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System. This device is designed to help adult ...

Pregnant women with a potentially deadly complication could be helped by a procedure that involves tiny balloons, new research suggests. For women with the conditions placenta previa and placenta ...

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 08 — Balloon catheters safely and effectively treat persistent nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children, according to an interventional case series in the March issue of ...

As a preschooler, Ashton Spier’s constant ear infections were so bad that doctors put tubes in her ears in an effort to ease her discomfort. When she wound up allergic to them, they had to be removed, ...

Federal health regulators say they have approved an inflatable medical balloon that helps patients lose weight by filling up space in the stomach. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Reshape ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Move over Willy Wonka. A temporary museum dedicated to all things ice cream is treating visitors to edible balloons, a Chocolate Chamber, a "swim" in a pool of faux rainbow sprinkles ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System, the first non-surgical weight loss procedure for people with mild-to-moderate obesity. The Food and Drug ...

In pediatric patients considered “untreatable” after failing low-pressure balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis, treatment with a cutting balloon is more effective than high-pressure ...

If you’ve ever had a sinus infection, you know that it can be miserable: facial pain and pressure, headaches and post-nasal drip are just a few of the excruciating symptoms. Now imagine that this ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a new nonsurgical weapon in the fight against obesity — a pair of connected saline-filled balloons that are temporarily implanted in the ...

An armada of hot air balloons will reward early risers in Billings with some added color in the morning sky. The Big Sky International Rendezvous began Thursday morning but poor weather prevented the ...