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Patients who underwent metabolic surgery had significant improvements in cardiometabolic health, according to researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Specifically, patient of a younger age group, women, white patients and those without comorbidities generally showed greater cardiometabolic improvements than older patients, men, black patients, and those with existing cardiometabolic disease(s). “Our study…
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n a recent study published in the JAMA Surgery, a group of researchers investigated the association between bariatric surgery and breast cancer incidence in women and determined if baseline insulin levels influence the benefit of bariatric surgery on breast cancer risk. Study: Breast Cancer Risk After Bariatric Surgery and Influence of Insulin Levels A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.…
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Written by the Public Education Committee Weight loss surgery is also known as bariatric and metabolic surgery. These terms are used in order to reflect the impact of these operations on patients’ weight and the health of their metabolism (breakdown of food into energy). In addition to their ability to treat obesity, these operations are very effective…
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