The study examined 2,007 individuals who underwent bariatric surgery, contrasting them with a control group of 2,040 obese adults who did not undergo surgery.
The comorbidities were steadily getting back to normalcy, Dr. Venugopal Pareek, senior gastrointestinal, laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon, who led the surgery, said.
New York: Adults with obesity, who achieve weight loss with bariatric surgery can reduce risk of developing cancer and death related to it, finds a study. Obesity is a known risk factor for developing cancer and a host of other diseases. The International Agency for Research on Cancer describes 13 types of cancer as obesity-associated […]
Washington: An experimental drug by US pharma major Eli Lilly may help people fight obesity and also act as an alternative to bariatric surgery. The drug maker claimed that the new drug Tirzepatide has enabled people with obesity or who are overweight to lose about 22.5 per cent of their body weight, about 24 kg […]