Potential For Resolving Type 2 Diabetes With Bariatric Surgery
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 17:42
in Health & Medicine
The primary risk factor for type 2 diabetes is obesity. 90 percent of all diabetics are overweight or obese. Medical research indicates that surgery to reduce obesity can completely eliminate all manifestations of diabetes. Investigators analyzed 621 studies from 1990 to April of 2006, which showed that 78.1 percent of diabetic patients had complete resolution and diabetes was improved or resolved in 86.6 percent of patients as the result of bariatric surgery.
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