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Study confirms weight-loss surgery's ability to reverse diabetes

(Medical News Today) UPDATED 2009-03-02
An analysis of 621 studies on more than 135,000 patients has confirmed weight-loss surgery's ability to reverse Type 2 diabetes. Researchers say that obesity is the primary risk factor for Type 2 diabetes, and since more than 90 percent of diabetics are overweight or obese the surgery has a profound impact on the condition. The analysis found that 82 percent of the patients who had surgery reversed their diabetes in less than two years, and 62 percent remained diabetes free two years after the surgery.   Read full story >
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