This cohort study assesses whether surgeon physiological stress of surgeons in 7 specialties, as assessed by sympathovagal balance, is associated with postoperative complications.

A new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require diabetes medication five years after.

Having lost a great deal of weight appears to offer some protection against ill health even for those who have regained some of their weight loss. This is shown in a study at the University of Gothenburg of people who have undergone weight-loss surgery.