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St. Louis School of Medicine: Major Weight Loss - Whether From Surgery Or Diet - Has Same Metabolic Benefits
August 20, 2020
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 20 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release:

Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to treat or reverse type 2 diabetes in severely obese patients. Many achieve remission of diabetes following surgery and no longer require diabetes medications. This observation has led to the theory that gastric bypass surgery has unique, weight loss-independent effects in treating diabetes, but this has remai . . .

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