Obesity surgery outcomes worse in older patients

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Surgical procedures for the treatment of obesity are associated with substantial rates of rehospitalization and death, particularly among patients age 65 or older, according to reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Continue to Obesity surgery outcomes worse in older patients on Reuters Health eLine.

Medical Buzz delivers the most recent headlines from the medical world. Diseases, cures, accidents, medicin. Click below for more headlines ...
Medical buzz