login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Bariatric Surgery can Aid Diabetes Cure
Christopher Still, D.O., director of the Geisinger Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, found that the procedure is most effective against type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Still said: "Diabetic patients who undergo bariatric surgery are often cured of diabetes following the procedure. This is an incredible development for patients, as diabetes is often a very challenging condition to manage."
The expert continued: "Many non-surgical treatments for diabetes can be ineffective, expensive and can be difficult for patients to maintain.
"Bariatric surgery can completely resolve diabetes in one procedure, and sometimes it may be cheaper for a patient to undergo surgery instead of having to purchase medications continually over a number of years."
A 2004 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported that diabetes was completely resolved for over 76 percent of the 22,000 surveyed patients, and 86 percent of patients saw improvement in their diabetes.
In an Annals of Surgery study, 83 percent of diabetic patients were cured after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, the primary bariatric procedure used at Geisinger Medical Center.
|
|
|
More News on: Bariatric Surgery, Oral Health And AIDS, Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetes, Diabetic Diet, AIDS/HIV, AIDS/HIV - Epidemiology, AIDS/HIV - Clinical Features, AIDS/HIV - Health Education, AIDS/HIV - Prevention And Transmission
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
 | Quiz on Diabetes Are you at risk for diabetes? To find out check out our health quiz. 
|
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
 |
Diabetes
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Report: A Lot of Americans Have No Access to Health Care |
| » | Greece Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Health Care Access Declines in EU, Doctors Group Warns |
| » | HCCI Report Says Rising Prices for Care Responsible for Increased Healthcare Costs for Privately Insured Americans |
| » | Treatment in ED is Based on Children's Insurance Status |
| » | US Spends Most on Healthcare Without Providing Superior Care |
| More Insurance News | |
|
Diabetes Related News |
||||||||
| » | Severity of Sleep Apnea Could Predict Diabetes | » | Proper Care Can Prevent Amputations in Diabetic Foot Infections | |||||
| » | ACE2, Protective Molecule Champions in Diabetic Patients | » | Bariatric Surgery can Lower Blood Sugar Levels | |||||
| » | Researchers Discover Target for Diabetes Drug | » | Diabetes Cases Could Rise by 64 Percent in the US by 2025 | |||||
| » | Cut-Rate Paper-Based Diabetes Test Apt for Developing Countries | » | Medication Errors Put Diabetics Lives at Risk: Report | |||||
| Read More >> | ||||||||
