Saturday, February 1, 2014

Gastric Bypass Cures Type 2 Diabetes in a Majority of Patients

Even before any weight loss has taken place, a majority of gastric bypass patients mysteriously recover from their type 2 diabetes. A study at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden has now shown that the insulin-producing beta cells increase in number and performance after the surgery. "We have suspected this for a while, but there have not previously been any models to prove it", says Dr Nils Wierup, who led the research. The small study involved ...

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