The evidence is compelling. Bariatric Surgery does work to enable weight loss and remission of diabetes. Much has been written on this subject and most recently a paper was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, “Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes,” by Schauer, Kashyap, Wolski et. al (senior author: Deepak Bhatt) (N Engl J Med 2012; 366:1567-1576 April 26, 2012). The authors performed a randomized, non-blinded, single-center trial...
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