Obesity Surgery May Cure Diabetes
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Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    Their report - an analysis of 136 studies - suggests that in some cases, the drastic operations may alter the patient's body chemistry itself and relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure...
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TUESDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A still-small but growing number of teens are undergoing bariatric surgery, which reduces the size of the stomach, to treat obesity.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD A South Dakota man, who recently weighed more than a-half ton, is recovering from obesity surgery. Patrick Deuel had surgery yesterday to reduce the size of his stomach so he can&#39;t eat as much.
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Stomach reduction and gastric bypass surgery not only help the extremely obese lose weight, but they also can alleviate type 2 diabetes and return high cholesterol levels to normal, according
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A drug to lower blood sugar could also help prevent type 2 diabetes.
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NEW YORK  - Weight-loss surgery for severe  obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves  that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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A study found weight-loss surgery better than standard medical therapy in treating Type 2 diabetes in the obese.
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Obesity surgery has helped many patients lose weight and improve their health, a panel of experts told US regulators Thursday, but they added there was not enough data on how well it has worked for elderly patients covered
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota - A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering on Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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Scientists at Washington University have transplanted embryonic pig pancreatic cells into diabetic monkeys, which could have major implications for the treatment of diabetes in humans.
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The use of surgery to treat obesity has increased greatly among U.S. adolescents in recent years, with the number of operations tripling from 2000 to 2003, according to a study published on Monday.
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Extremely obese people who have weight-loss surgeries experience dramatic improvements in their health, according to a study in Wednesday&#39;s Journal of the American Medical Association.
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CHICAGO Obese people who have stomach-reducing surgery may be shedding more than just pounds. A new report says the operations may also cure other ills, like diabetes and high-blood pressure.
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Taking vitamin C or a blood pressure lowering drug could help some of the complications associated with diabetes.
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Weight-loss surgery for severe obesity may carry the risk of damage to the network of nerves that runs throughout the body, researchers reported Thursday.
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Half the world&#39;s diabetes cases could be eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are overweight, say health experts.
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Gastric surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study. The researchers found that people who had surgery bypassing their large intestine were 23 per cent