(Reuters Health) – Women with obesity who undergo bariatric surgery may have a lower risk of breast cancer and get diagnosed at earlier stages when they do develop these malignancies, a recent meta-analysis and systematic review suggests. Researchers examined data from 11 studies with a total of 1,106,939 women with obesity, including 105,295 women (9.5%) […]
Preliminary research from Portugal hints that having a heightened perception of sweetness in a taste test may predict greater weight loss a year after bariatric surgery. Researchers found that among 96 patients who had bariatric surgery, those with higher presurgery “sweet taste intensity” scores in a test — in which patients tasted strips of paper […]
