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Medicare Redefines Obesity as an Illness Not A Disease

Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Medicare now recognizes obesity as an illness, a change in policy that may allow millions of overweight Americans to make medical claims for treatments such as stomach surgery t programs.

Stomach-bypass Surgery Cures Diabetes

Posted: Monday, February 09, 2004

By 3 weeks, fasting plasma glucose levels dropped from 159 to 96.3 mg/dL

In a weight loss operation, called gastrojejunal bypass, diabetes associated with obesity can often be cured.

In fact, bypass surgery was more effective than certain drugs or food restriction at controlling sugar levels

Surgical Treatment May Cure Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004

Gastric bypass surgery, a well-established treatment for morbid obesity , may cure Type 2 diabetes even in individuals who are not overweight, according to a groundbreaking new study.

Gastric Bypass Urged for Very Obese Diabetics

Posted: Friday, November 14, 2003

Researchers recommend that stomach bypass surgery should become "standard treatment" for morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes, because the majority achieve excellent glucose control following the procedure.

Implantable Gastric Stimulator Effective Against Morbid Obesity

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003

A laparoscopically inserted weight loss device called the implantable gastric stimulator (IGS) caused weight loss in 80% of patients, according to new research. The method may provide an alternative to more invasive surgical procedures for treating morbid obesity, the researchers suggest

Gastric Bypass Surgery Resolves Diabetes In Most Patients: Study

Posted: Friday, October 03, 2003

Washington - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study on obese people with Type 2 diabetes, who underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery (LGBP), has revealed that 83 percent of them experienced a resolution of their disease. The study suggests that early surgical intervention increases the likelihood of rendering these patients euglycemic. Younger diabetes patients with less severe disease stand to gain more from the surgery by circumventing years of progressive, debilitating disease.

"Younger diabetes patients with less severe disease stand to gain more from the surgery by circumventing years of progressive, debilitating disease," he added.