A new report found that the risk of heart disease fell from six percent before weight loss surgery to four percent after surgery, according to a Reuters report.
Researchers from Ohio's Cleveland Clinic looked at data from 52 different studies analyzing 17,000 patients who had weight loss surgery. High blood pressure dropped or disappeared in 68 percent of patients, and diabetes improved in 75 percent of patients within three months of surgery.
The researchers also found that weight loss surgery seemed to decrease the risk of death from a heart attack from 1.2 percent to 0.65 percent.
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Researchers from Ohio's Cleveland Clinic looked at data from 52 different studies analyzing 17,000 patients who had weight loss surgery. High blood pressure dropped or disappeared in 68 percent of patients, and diabetes improved in 75 percent of patients within three months of surgery.
The researchers also found that weight loss surgery seemed to decrease the risk of death from a heart attack from 1.2 percent to 0.65 percent.
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