Surgery more effective than dieting: study
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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
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Low fat diets are just as effective as the controversial Atkins diet when it comes to losing weight over the long term, according a study.
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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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Those who view it as a quick fix and a ticket to binge are mistaken and likely to put weight back on, they said. In a study of 200 patients, reported in the American Society of Plastic Surgery journal, nearly half gained weight after liposuction.
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Extremely obese people suffering from depression or anxiety tend to lose less weight after obesity surgery than mentally healthy people, researchers reported Thursday in a study that suggests such patients could benefit treatment beforehand.
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NEW YORK  - In-hospital outcomes of weight-loss surgery, also known as "bariatric" surgery, vary widely from one institution to another, and it appears that hospitals that perform the most procedures have the lowest complication rates, according to the First Annual HealthGrades Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals Study.
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Low-carb diets like the Atkins and South Beach plans appear to work better on men than women, University of Connecticut researchers concluded from a new study.
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A study finds that weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes in the obese.
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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
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that acupuncture is more effective than leading medication at reducing nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery.
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Weight loss surgery can be especially  helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them  reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported on  Tuesday.
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Acupuncture, already shown to help ease the nausea patients often suffer after having surgery, may actually work better than drugs, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Surgery works for people with a slipped or misaligned disk, but often is not necessary if patients can muster enough patience, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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People who have cancer surgery at facilities designated by the US government as &quot;centers of excellence&quot; are less likely to die soon after the operation.
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Obese people who suffer critical  injuries are much more likely to die than thinner victims  because their overall health tends to be worse and surgery is  riskier, a study said on Monday.
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New research, published in the BioMedCentral journal, Nutrition &amp; Metabolism, shows that over 70% of men lost more weight and fat on a low carbohydrate diet, despite eating more calories.
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NEW YORK  - 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.