New Study Finds Weight Loss Surgery Prolongs Life Josanne English Albertus Magnus College SC-110-1 Human Health and Disease New Study Finds Weight Loss Surgery Prolongs Life Times Magazine recently reported about a study posted in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) that weight loss surgery can prolong life for at risk patients by reducing the risk of stroke, heart failure, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation and overall lower death rates from any cause in high risk patients. The article suggested that after an eight year follow up, the patients who were type 2 diabetic who had the weight loss procedures had heart related events and illness decline by 39% and overall death from any cause declined by 41%. The study claims that there are many factors that may contribute to the lower mortality rate. One of those being that once patients undergo weight loss surgery, “There are neurohormonal changes we see after these procedures that could h
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