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Surgery yields insights into treatment of diabetes

Despite the amazing progress in the field of obesity and diabetes over the past 35 years, obesity and diabetes have become more prevalent, not less. Now two research studies compare the effect of medical therapy vs. bariatric surgery on diabetes in obese patients.
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