Some gastric bypass patients see diabetes recur
Type 2 diabetes is often cured by gastric bypass, a form of obesity surgery that creates a short-cut for food in the gut and leads to substantial weight loss. But a new study finds that 14 of 66 gastric bypass patients who had thrown away their diabetes drugs after the operation saw the condition return two to five years later.
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