Here’s a study that shows people with high BMI’s (that’s fat) do just as well with per cutaneous intervention (cath and stents) for heart attacks.
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Tag: obesity
Dalrymple on Obesity–marvelous
Last week I told you about a British Medical Journal article on the benefits of barriatric surgery over behavior mod, the current operations of preference are Roux en Y with gastric reduction (one helluva surgery), sleeves (simpler) and such.
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Bariatric Surgery Achieves better results in Diabetics that are Really Fat
This is not a big surprise, since the morbidly obese do achieve great weight loss with the surgical approach.
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Heart Rhythmn Problem?
The problem of atrial fibrillation is found to be aggravated by obesity.
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