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Weight Loss Surgery Beats Obesity Better than Diet and Exercise

December 21, 2014 | Weight-Loss Surgery

Weight-loss surgery is more effective than diet and exercise as a treatment for obesity, according to a review of health studies involving almost 800 people. Surgery such as gastric banding, gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy led to on average 26...

Weight Loss May Help Slow Aging

December 15, 2013 | Weight-Loss Surgery

Chromosome Caps Called Telomeres Grew Longer in Some Patients Following Surgery ATLANTA–Weight-loss surgery may help reverse the effects of aging on genes, according to a small, intriguing new study presented at a major conference on obesity here. Bariatric surgery has...