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For the growing number of type 2 diabetes patients in the US, standard medical treatments might not be the only effective option.
A new study found that bariatric (weight loss) surgery may be more effective in treating obese type 2 diabetes patients than standard medical treatments, such as medication and insulin therapy.
"The ability of surgery to greatly reduce the need for insulin and other drugs suggests that surgical therapy is a cost-effective approach to treating type-2 diabetes," said lead study author Dr. Francesco Rubino, chair of bariatric and metabolic surgery at King's College London, in a press release.
