WElGHT LOSS SURGERY MAY BE BEST MEDICINE AGAINST DIABETES.
For some people with diabetes, surgery may be the best medicine.
Two studies have found that weightloss operations worked much better than standard treatments to control Type 2 diabetes in obese and overweight people.
Those who had surgery to staple the stormach and reroute the small intestine were much r1frore- likely to have their diabetes go into cornplete remission, or to need less medicine, than people given the typical regimen of drugs, diet and exercise. The surgery also helped many to
Those who had surgery to staple the stormach and reroute the small intestine were much r1frore- likely to have their diabetes go into cornplete remission, or to need less medicine, than people given the typical regimen of drugs, diet and exercise. The surgery also helped many to
lower their blobd pressure and cholesterol. The new studies, published by The NEW England
Doctors have noticed for years that weight-loss operations, also called bariatric surgery, sometimes get rid of Type 2 Diabetes.
The studies are part of a push by surgeon and obesity experts to establish a role for the operations in treating diabetes as well as obesity.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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