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Bariatric surgery may reduce severity of coronavirus in obese pati
Updated : 3 days, 10 hours ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): Among obese patients who tested positive for COVID-19, a past history of bariatric surgery was significantly associated with a lower risk of hospital and intensive care unit admission, reveals Cleveland clinic study.
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Age is no barrier to successful weight loss, new study finds
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): Obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes, according to a new study.
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Study suggests losing fat mass, but not lean mass, key for heart h
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Dallas [US], November 10 (ANI): Reducing the level of body fat and waist size are linked to a lower risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers indicates.
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Heart transplants from severely obese donors show comparable outco
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Heart transplant patients who received hearts from severely obese donors had similar short-term outcomes and long-term survival as patients who received hearts from non-obese donors, according to new research.
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Study says weight-reduction surgery prevents strokes in obese pati
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 16 (ANI): Weight-reduction surgery lengthens lives and prevents clot-caused by a stroke in obese people, says a study.
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Weight-reduction surgery may prevent strokes, lengthen lives: Stud
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): A new study suggests that obese patients who undergo weight-reduction surgery live longer and are less likely to experience a clot-caused stroke than those who do not.
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Hormone injection helps weight loss in obese patients
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 6 (ANI): A hormone injection can help obese patients lose weight, suggests a study.
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High dose of X-ray radiations increases cancer risk for obese pati
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): Extremely obese people need a higher dose of radiation during X-ray examinations than people of normal weight, which increases their risk of cancer, a recent study suggests.
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Obesity can boost infection risk post bypass surgery
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 19 (ANI): Obese patients have much higher odds of developing an infection soon after heart bypass surgery, according to a recent study.
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Excess weight ups risk of complications after joint replacement su
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): A study has found that obese patients, who are undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery, are at increased risk of complications, including the need for 'revision' surgery.
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Obese patients less likely to die after heart operations
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 20 (ANI): Now, you don't have to lose weight before a heart operation, as a study reveals that healthy weight patients were almost twice as likely to die in hospital as compared to the obese or overweight.
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Boon for obese patients: Robotic surgery ensures faster recovery,m
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): Robot assisted surgery is changing the lives of the patients who are diagnosed with or suspected to have early gynaecological cancers where primary treatment involves complex surgeries.
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