Losing weight is difficult. Much research has been devoted to developing drugs that promise weight loss. Few weight loss programs have been successful. Bariatric surgery has become an option, but it is not without risks. According to a study published November 26 in the journal Cell, scientists have (continued...)
By answering the question of how diabetes surgery works, we may be answering the question of how diabetes itself works.
Gastric bypass surgery can lead to diabetes remission independent of weight loss even in subjects who are are not obese, which points to the small bowel as the possible site of critical mechanisms for the development of diabetes.