"Jan. 3, 2012 -- Weight loss surgery lowers the risk of having a heart attack or stroke, and the risk of death from these and other heart-related causes, in people who are obese, according to new research in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings come from an ongoing Swedish study comparing long-term outcomes among obese patients who did and did not have the surgery.
Over an average of 14 years of follow-up, the bariatric surgery patients lost much more weight and had fewer heart attacks and strokes than people who did not have the surgery.
They were also almost half as likely to die of heart attacks and strokes."
The findings come from an ongoing Swedish study comparing long-term outcomes among obese patients who did and did not have the surgery.
Over an average of 14 years of follow-up, the bariatric surgery patients lost much more weight and had fewer heart attacks and strokes than people who did not have the surgery.
They were also almost half as likely to die of heart attacks and strokes."
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