Allurion offers gastric bypass surgery in a pill

 Just swallow a pill and it expands into a balloon in your stomach so you don’t feel hungry. No gastric bypass, no surgery required. Sounds magical, but Boston-based Allurion has created the only non-invasive gastric balloon for obesity. Gastric balloons are nothing new, but you usually need anaesthesia and a doctor to insert them. That makes the whole process expensive and prohibitive…