"Bariatric surgery is a procedure designed to help patients lose weight, but an unexpected side effect is that it can also help rid patients of diabetes...Well, if they could do that, they would not have been fat Type 2 diabetics in the first place.
The procedure is most effective against type 2 diabetes. It hasn't proven to be a cure against type 1 diabetes, but it can improve a patient's condition, Dr. Still said. By resolving diabetes via surgery, patients are able to avoid medications and insulin injections...
In order to ensure that patients stay diabetes-free following surgery, Dr. Still stressed that patients must dedicate themselves to maintaining their new body weight."
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Bariatric Surgery Can Act As Cure For Diabetes
Wrong. It is weight loss that acts as the cure for diabetes. This is irresponsible advertising, IMHO, from "Geisinger Health System."
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