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Well: Weight-Loss Surgery May Prevent Diabetes

Stockholm : Sweden | Aug 22, 2012 at 4:46 PM PDT
Source: The New York Times
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Yee/The New York Times Bariatric surgery proved effective for preventing Type 2 diabetes. For people who are extremely overweight and likely to develop diabetes, surgery may be the best form of prevention. A new study shows that weight-loss surgery not only produced sustained weight loss in obese... FULL ARTICLE AT The New York Times
 
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