Weight-Loss Surgery Helps in Controlling Type 2 Diabetes
Weight-loss surgery helps in controlling type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
Previous studies have shown that bariatric or gastric bypass surgery can help obese patients to get rid of diabetes at least for a short term. The new study shows that the effects can be long-lasting.
Researchers tracked obese diabetics who had weight-loss surgery, and found that after two years, 72% were in remission, compared to only 16% of those who hadn’t undergone weight-loss surgery. After 15 years, 30% of weight-loss surgery patients continued to show no diabetes symptoms, as opposed to only 7% of the others.
These cases also had fewer complications and showed a drop in strokes and heart attacks, and vision problems like retinopathy and kidney problems. More….
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