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Studies show benefits of stomach surgery: Two studies show success stories.
Byline: Judy Peres
Aug. 23--Stomach surgery saves lives among severely obese people and reduces the risk of serious illness, including heart attacks and cancer, according to two new studies.
Doctors have known for many years that weight loss improves cardiovascular risk factors, but it was not known whether it prevented deaths. Some studies had suggested losing weight might worsen life expectancy, though those studies didn't distinguish between intentional and unintentional weight loss.
To address the question, Swedish researchers followed some 4,000 patients for up to 18 years. The people who underwent bariatric surgery to reduce stomach capacity lost up to 32 percent of their body weight and kept most of…
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