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Metabolic Surgery Cuts Likelihood of Recurrent and Fatal Heart Attacks

Patients with history of heart disease reduce their risk by half
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Weight-loss Surgery May Counter Genetic Risk for Developing Breast Cancer

Overweight and obesity associated with an increased risk of 13 types of cancer
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Bariatric Surgery Slashes Spending on Diabetes and Hypertension Medications

Patients with severe obesity who get weight-loss surgery cut their spending on diabetes medications by nearly 65 percent and spending...
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More Evidence Metabolic Surgery Superior to Drug Treatment in Patients With Obesity

Metabolic or bariatric surgery was significantly more effective than medical management in treating type 2 diabetes in patients with milder...
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New Study Finds Most Bariatric Surgeries Performed in Northeast, and Fewest in...

West Virginia and Mississippi may have the two highest obesity rates in the nation but rank 25th and 45th in...
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Weight-loss Surgery Reduces Risk of Coronary Heart Disease By 40 Percent

Patients with severe obesity who get weight-loss surgery cut their risk of developing coronary heart disease by about 40 percent,...
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Metabolic Surgery Significantly Better Than Drug Therapy

People with diabetes and severe obesity who had metabolic surgery were much less likely to die from diabetes or any...
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Mortality From Heart Failure Cut in Half in Weight-loss Surgery Patients

New Cleveland Clinic Study Shows Bariatric Surgery May Have Protective Effect After Heart Failure Patients who have previously undergone weight-loss...
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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Groups Take Aim at...

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and groups including The Obesity Society (TOS) and Academy for Nutrition...
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35 Medical Societies Gather for Second Annual National Obesity Summit

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Representatives from 35 major health and medical organizations including the American Diabetes Association...