Obesity surgery can cure diabetes, high blood pressure etc
Study Findings:
- Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits.
- Diabetes was eliminated in nearly 77% of the affected patients
- High blood pressure was eliminated in nearly 62%
- Cholesterol improved in at least 70%
- Ostructive sleep apnea (breathing stops during sleep) disappeared in almost 86% of cases.
Method:
Dr. Buchwald and colleagues reviewed studies on obesity surgery published in English between 1990 and 2003. The studies involved 22,094 patients ages 16 to 64, at least two-thirds of them women.
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