National Briefing | Science And Health: Other Benefits Of Obesity Surgery
Published: October 13, 2004
Surgery for obesity can also cure patients' diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to an analysis of 136 studies. The research found that such operations appear to alter body chemistry, and eliminate or relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, stroke and kidney failure. The analysis, which appears in The Journal of the American Medical Association, was financed by a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that develops and sells surgical instruments, including staplers for obesity surgery. But the results echo what many doctors have reported.