A new study from the Mayo Clinic has found that gastric bypass surgery can reverse metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese patients. Researchers studied two groups of patients, half of whom underwent gastric bypass and half of whom did not have surgery. Of those who had gastric bypass, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome decreased from 87 percent to 29 percent, which was far more than the non-surgical group. Experts say it was the weight loss brought on by the bypass that helped reverse patients'...