If you have weight loss surgery, your bones may be in trouble. A new, small study finds bariatric surgery may nearly double the risk of broken bones. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic found one in five patients fractured a bone within an average of seven years after the surgery. Most breaks were in the hands [...]

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Just because a hospital gets labeled as a bariatric “center of excellence” doesn’t mean it has the best treatment out there. New research finds it could still have just as many deaths and complications from the weight-loss procedure as other hospitals. And researchers say the extra cost and effort hospitals have to go through to [...]

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Women who get pregnant after they have weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies and healthier babies than obese women who become pregnant, says a new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study finds pregnant women who lose weight after bariatric surgery may have lower rates of complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. [...]

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Obesity surgery may help couples have babies. Preliminary findings from a study at Washington University in St. Louis show bariatric surgery may improve the ability of morbidly obese women to conceive after they have in vitro fertilization (IVF).

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You’ve probably heard about many of the health benefits of gastric bypass surgery, like how it can improve blood pressure, possibly cure diabetes, and lower the risk of dying early. Now there may be another bonus that comes with the weight loss procedure – two new reports say it may help prevent cancer.

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