Weight-loss surgery may help prevent diabetes

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Weight-loss surgery may help prevent diabetes

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) ? Obese patients who have weight loss surgery often see their diabetes improve, but whether the surgery helps prevent diabetes in the first place hasn?t been clear. A new study suggests that weight loss surgery does help prevent diabetes, but experts say the data still don?t allow for a definite answer. In the study, obese patients who underwent so-called bariatric surgery were less likely to develop type 2, or ?adult onset? diabetes compared to similar patients who did not have the surgery. ...

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