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Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Diabetes Medication Use

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-08-17
Overweight Type 2 diabetics who have weight-loss surgery may be able to reduce or completely stop their diabetes medications, a new study suggests. The Johns Hopkins study of 2,200 adults found that almost 85 percent of patients were able to quit their diabetes meeds within 6 months of their surgery, due to improved blood glucose levels.  Though bariatric surgery is expensive, researchers found that the overall costs of diabetes dropped 6,000 dollars per year.


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