Reuters August 25, 2008

Last researches show that metabolic syndrome that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes in obese patients can be treated by gastric bypass surgery.

Dr Fransisco Lopez-Jimenez and his colleagues from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, evaluated patients for the bypass surgery. The patients met at least three out of five criteria such as: low levels of high-density lipoprotein �good� cholesterol, increased blood pressure, high levels of “bad� fat, obesity and high blood sugar levels.