Gastric surgery could cure type 2 diabetes - The Guardian 30th August 2007

Patients with the most common type of diabetes could be offered abdominal surgery, after a clinical trial found it may permanently cure the condition. Gastric bypass surgery is performed as a last resort to help severely obese people lose weight, but doctors have noticed that up to 98% of patients who also had late-onset diabetes appeared to be cured within weeks of surgery.

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