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Thursday, June 14, 2007

News Release - Bariatric surgery can make more people sensitive to alcohol, Stanford surgeon finds


June 14 , 2007


STANFORD, Calif. — An Oprah Winfrey-inspired study done by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery to lose weight will get drunk faster and take longer to get sober.

“It may sound strange, but Oprah really did inspire this study,” said John Morton, MD, MPH, assistant professor of surgery and senior author of the study, who presented the information June 14 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Referring to an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Morton said, “After the Oprah show ‘Suddenly Skinny’ aired in October 2006, I got question after question from patients asking, ‘What happens when I drink alcohol?’”
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