Obesity Surgery Can Lead to Nerve Damage - Study
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Operations to treat obesity such as stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition, doctors warned Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Premenopausal women who undergo surgical removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy) have an increased risk of developing neurological disorders, including cognitive decline, dementia, and parkinsonism, a team of researchers reports in two studies published in the online edition of Neurology.
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A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years
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GASTRIC surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study quoted today. The researchers found people who had surgery bypassing their large intestine were 23
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MONDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Obesity is harmful to the brain for women, but it doesn't appear to raise the risk of dying for men who have suffered heart attacks, according to two new studies.
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Women who are consistently overweight or obese during adulthood may be at increased risk for a decrease in the volume of certain areas of their brain -- according to a study from Sweden
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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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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ   failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes,   which often develops in people with a high body mass index   (BMI).
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Gastric-bypass surgery can leave people with pounds of sagging skin. For some, plastic surgery is a solution. See before-and-after photos of success stories.
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Gastric bypass surgery and similar operations for severe obesity lead to long-term weight loss, and people who have undergone such a procedure have lower risks for heart disease and diabetes than conventionally treated individuals, according to a new Swedish study.
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In a study on rats, exercise prevented degeneration of nerve cells that are normally destroyed by the disease. The University of Pittsburgh researchers are now recruiting patients to see if regular exercise has the same effect in humans.
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Adolescents are less likely to suffer complications from obesity surgery than adults, a reassuring finding because little had been known about the risk facing the small but growing number of teens who opt for it, researchers said on Thursday.
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Operations to treat obesity such as  stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some  patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition,  doctors warned Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Having either a large waistline   or being overweight raises a person's risk of developing type 2   diabetes, but the combination of the two is most dangerous, a   study shows.
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Obese patients typically show poor sensitivity to the hormone insulin, a problem that can lead to diabetes. Previous reports have shown that weight loss surgery can improve this sensitivity and now, new research indicates that the type of surgery determines how fast this problem is fixed.
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Obesity can double the risk of several  cancers, according to a study published on Friday that for the  first time also links being overweight with a number of less  common forms of the disease.
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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.