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- Surgery's Positive Affect on Female Sexual Dysfunction, High Cholesterol -- Clinical Consequences of Insurance Requirements and Denials on Patients with Morbid Obesity -- Patient Outcomes and Complication Rates Affected by Family, Race and Gender -

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Significantly More Weight Loss and Higher Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension For Family Members Who Have Gastric Bypass Together

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Patients Wait Nearly Four Months Longer for Surgery, But Get No Additional Benefit

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Researchers from Miriam Hospital and Brown University Medical School Find New Benefit to Weight Loss Surgery

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Weight Stayed the Same Over Three Years, But New Diseases Developed at Rapid Pace

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Gender, Race, Age Before Surgery May Play Role in Patient Outcomes

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New Study Shows Gastric Bypass Can Normalize Cholesterol Levels Within Six Months And Keep High Cholesterol Away For at Least Six Years

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A new study of nearly 52,000 patients found that people who had gastric bypass surgery and were discharged from the hospital sooner than the national average of a two-day length of stay, experienced significantly higher rates of 30-day mortality and complications. The findings* were presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

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Obesity has been linked to infertility and now a new study shows bariatric surgery may treat its most common cause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that affects up to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age -- 33 to 50 percent of whom are overweight or obese. The findings* were presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). Not many patients come to a bariatric surgeon to treat infertility problems, but this study suggests that women with morbid obesity, who are infertile secondary to PCOS, may have a new surgical option.

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Bariatric surgery can cut the incidence of heart attack, stroke or death by as much as 50 percent, according to a new study* presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).