Surgery

Survival rates similar for those with looser glucose limits…. Some previous research has suggested that high blood sugar after bypass and other types of heart surgery was associated with increased risk of health problems and death, but more recent research has found that might not be the case. This new …

Higher levels of hypothalamic nitric oxide could lead to less insulin clearance and more lipogenesis…. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important neurotransmitter produced in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus. Previous studies suggested that the level of NO was inversely correlated with systemic insulin clearance. However, little is known …

Nitric oxide helped modulate hepatic lipid metabolism in addition to decreasing insulin clearance in a study….

DMR procedure could improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients….

But results from the longitudinal study also confirmed that improvements in insulin sensitivity were unaltered by weight regain following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass…. 

Sleeve gastrectomy is now a treatment option for patients with obesity to help reduce weight and manage diabetes….

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Lifestyle modification The starting points and mainstays of treatment for type 2 diabetes are diet and other modifications of lifestyle, such as increasing exercise and stopping smoking (Figure 11.1). The major aims are to reduce the weight of obese patients and …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP   Maturity-onset diabetes of the young Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) owes its name to a time when diabetes was defined by age of onset. The nomenclature has stuck, however, and MODY defines usually non-insulin dependent diabetes occurring before the age …

Testing for peripheral neuropathy may provide a way to identify individuals at higher risk of cardiovascular events…. 

Human subjects with severe obesity are increasingly treated with bariatric surgery to promote weight loss via procedures that reduce the capacity of the stomach and/or the absorptive surface area of the small bowel, resulting in reduced food intake and/or energy malabsorption. Some of these surgical procedures may also be associated …