Category: Diabetes

Bariatric Surgery Can Cure Type 2 Diabetes

Bariatric surgeries, such as a gastric bypass or gastric sleeve, are performed to help obese people lose the weight they haven’t been able to shed otherwise. But can these procedures help with other factors that affect health as well? Can bariatric surgery actually “cure” type 2 diabetes? The answer is a qualified “yes.” “Doctors don’t […]

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Metabolic Surgery reduces mortality from diabetes

People with diabetes and severe obesity who had metabolic surgery were much less likely to die from diabetes or any other cause than those who received drug therapy alone. ‘Metabolic surgery reduces mortality and macrovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to medical therapy: a meta-analysis’ (Abstract no. 136), the researchers assessed […]

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