Weight-Loss Surgery Weighed as Diabetes Rx

"There are plenty of ways to treat diabetes that are safe and effective," added Dr. Jeffrey I. Mechanick, an endocrinologist at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center and a member of the board of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. "So if this is another way to do it, we need to know what the long-term safety and efficacy are going to be."

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Visit the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Weight Control Information Network for more on bariatric surgery.