An experimental procedure successfully tested in obese laboratory rats may provide a less-invasive alternative to bariatric weight-loss surgery, researchers report online in Endocrinology.
Apr 30, 2013
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(HealthDay)—The British Cardiovascular Intervention Society myocardial jeopardy score (BCIS-JS) predicts mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to research published in the Jan. 15 issue of ...
Jan 18, 2013
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The health benefits of Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery—a surgical weight-loss procedure in which the stomach is made smaller—start soon after the procedure. New research presented today at the Experimental Biology 2016 ...
Apr 7, 2016
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A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests that even though undergoing the less commonly used biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (DS) may be associated with higher early risks compared with ...
Sep 17, 2012
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Harlan Didrickson was a model of middle-class stability. He lived with his partner of more than two decades in a handsome Victorian on a leafy North Side Chicago street. He worked as manager of executive and administrative ...
Sep 17, 2012
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A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass surgery is more effective than the angiogram, which is currently used, according to research from UTHealth Houston Heart & Vascular.
Nov 30, 2022
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Researchers recently conducted the largest study to date to evaluate the effectiveness of weight loss surgery in a Chinese population of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Jan 8, 2020
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Gastric bypass surgery is used to help obese patients lose weight, but a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the Annals of Surgery shows that people with a history of depression run a high risk of severe post-operative ...
Jul 15, 2016
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Scientists funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health have found that a greater number of patients with coronary artery disease may benefit from coronary artery bypass ...
Apr 5, 2016
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More Australians are turning to surgery to help treat obesity – but once their surgery is over, what impact does it have on patients' eating habits in the long term?
Jun 20, 2016
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