Surgery to tackle rising obesity
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NICE recommends a raft of measures, including surgery, to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.
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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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The rising levels of obesity could bankrupt the NHS if left unchecked, doctors warn.
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New research shows that bariatric surgeries, like gastric bypass, are safer and more effective than originally thought, especially for teenagers and seniors. But patients have to be sure to watch their alcohol intake
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CHICAGO - Obesity surgery helps patients do more than shed weight - it often cures their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    The research - an analysis of 136 studies - found that such operations are more than cosmetic...
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In the current decade, there  has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese adolescents  having surgery to help them lose weight, although weight loss  surgery remains an uncommonly performed procedure in young  people.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Life & style: A government study says modern life has Britain sleepwalking towards an obesity crisis.
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(HealthDay News) -- Though it continues to grow in popularity among the severely obese, gastric bypass surgery should not be taken lightly.
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Most British citizens could be obese by 2050, a new government report warns, and the nation's health secretary called Wednesday for a fundamental shift in the way the nation tackles obesity.
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Patients can develop  potentially disabling neurological complications after gastric  bypass surgery performed to treat morbid obesity, most likely  due to deficiencies in certain nutrients, a new study shows.
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For obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that persists after standard surgery, relief may come from a type of "keyhole" operation that reduces the size of the stomach -- laparoscopic gastric bypass -- new research shows.
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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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Obese patients who undergo  surgery for esophageal cancer with a procedure called  transhiatal esophagectomy appear to fare just as well as their  normal weight counterparts, according to study findings  presented Tuesday at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual  meeting in San Diego.
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People 65 years of age or older  may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to  a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the  outcome.
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Stockholm - Gastric surgery is a more effective way to fight severe obesity than dieting, according to a Swedish study cited in the media here on Thursday.
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Highly obese women are 12 times more likely to have diabetes or knee replacement surgery, and five times more likely to have high blood pressure than women who are at a normal weight, says a new study.