Bariatric Surgery: Analysis Suggests Gastric Bypass May Be Better Option

Less need for diabetes, blood pressure, or cholesterol meds? Bariatric surgery patients with comorbidities including diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia who undergo gastric bypass may be less likely to require obesity-related medications than those who undergo sleeve gastrectomy, according to a recent study published in JAMA Surgery. Researchers found that, compared with sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass

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