Bariatric surgery hangs up its scalpel

Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)

In serious cases of obsity, patients sometimes opt for bariatric surgery--modifications to the stomach. This may include staples or cinchers, but the effect is that the stomach is shrunk so that the patient feels full after eating only a little. The surgical techniques involved have become more precise over the years, and many bariatric surgeries have been performed through only a tiny slit in the patient's abdominal wall

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Gastric Bypass Surgery Less Helpful for Diabetics

jerry submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (www.time.com)

A new study suggests that the common weight-loss surgery leads to less weight loss in patients with diabetes.

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