Sentences with phrase «bypass surgery seem»

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The comparison showed that the bypass operation itself seemed to start the hormone networks: The surgery patients were receiving a metabolic bonus that diet - induced weight loss alone could not provide.

Seeking a better understanding of the hormone, University of Washington endocrinologist David Cummings compared ghrelin levels in people who had lost considerable amounts of weight through diet with those who shed pounds by means of gastric bypass surgery — a technique that reduces the capacity of the stomach and seems to damage its ghrelin - producing capacity as well.

Everyone seems to know a father or uncle who's been given a new lease on life after their bypass surgery, with more energy and less chest pain.