Thursday, January 24, 2008

Research News: Stomach surgery delivers biggest blow to diabetes

The News:
Stomach surgery delivers biggest blow to diabetes
Patients who got gastric reductions were five times as likely to see the illness gone in two years.
By Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 01/22/2008 11:21:06 PM MST
CHICAGO — A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure type 2 diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times as likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years as were patients who had standard diabetes care, according to Australian researchers.

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Read an editorial about this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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