Gastric bypass surgery has been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes in adults. But with the rising obesity rate and increase in type 2 diabetes in adolescents, is gastric bypass an option to turn around diabetes in obese teens?

A recent study, published in the January, 2009 issue of the Pediatrics journal, shows that gastric bypass surgery does lead to remission of type 2 diabetes and it’s symptoms, as well as a decrease in blood pressure (more…)

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