By Aloha Surgery (m)
19 Oct, 2015
Aloha Surgery News, Bariatric Surgery, Weight Loss Surgery
Aloha Surgery, american diabetes association, american heart association, bariatric surgery, diabetes, Dr. Steven Fowler, insulin, type 2 diabetes, weight loss surgery
The American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association have recently released a revised joint scientific statement outlining best practices to reduce cardiovascular risk in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), published in both Diabetes Care and Circulation. The statement acknowledges that bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for attaining significant and durable weight loss in severely obese patients,” and that bariatric/metabolic surgery is increasingly accepted as resulting in remission from T2DM.
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From a recent article in BariatricNews.net High Rate of Asian-American Diabetics Are Undiagnosed, more than half of Asian Americans and nearly half of Hispanic Americans with diabetes are undiagnosed according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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According to a recent online article “What Diabetes Cost You, Even If You Don’t Have The Disease” by npr.com, there is an increase of diabetes cases in the United States therefore increasing medical costs.
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By Aloha Surgery (t)
25 Aug, 2014
Aloha Surgery News, Bariatric Surgery, Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Aloha Surgery, bariatric surgery, diabetes, endocrinology, healio, sleeve gastrectomy, type 2 diabetes, vertical sleeve gastrectomy
According to the recent article Better Long-Term Diabetes Outcomes w/ Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Medical Management in Healio, an online Endocrinology publication, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy helped adults with type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose control than standard care alone, according to research presented at the joint meeting of the International Congress of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society.
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