Recently researchers at Duke University Medical Center and St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, have discovered a new clue for why it is that bariatric surgery is more effective than managing diet alone at controlling glucose levels. Greatly increasing the health of many diabetic patients, who often need bariatric surgery to control their weight. Doctors have noticed that
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Gastric Bypass May Reduce Likelihood of Cancer for Women
Weight loss surgery (also known as bariatric surgery can sometimes reverse type-2 diabetes and reduce other obesity related health problems. New research suggests that obese women who undergo bariatric surgery experience 42% less likely of a risk of cancer. Why this occurs and if it is also true for obese men is not yet known. Obesity can greatly increase the
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