Gastroenterology

Patients who dropped most pounds went off diabetes meds and into remission, study found

Francesco Rubino M.D.Chief, Section of Gastrointestinal Metabolic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University-New York is part of the 1st World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes. He has done considerable work in researching surgery for diabetes control and has agreed to share his insights with you, …

Several observational studies have suggested that using bariatric surgery to achieve significant sustained weight loss may be an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes.

Preliminary research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission compared to patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control, according to a new study. 

This may be the first product to directly treat gastroparesis by restoring gastrointestinal nitric oxide synthase, thereby increasing stomach motility and improving blood glucose control.

A new study examining the overall and gender-related effects of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery (LGBS) on insulin resistance, body composition, and metabolic risk markers six months post-surgery has found significant improvements in insulin resistance. The improvements occurred despite continuing obesity.

A bariatric surgery procedure used for treating severe obesity is now being explored as a cure for type 2 diabetes mellitus in normal-weight and moderately overweight patients with diabetes.

For super morbidly obese patients, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is a better approach than gastric banding, according to researchers..

Heartburn is noted in 42% of patients with neuropathy versus 24% patients without neuropathy.

High-frequency/low-energy gastric electrical stimulation significantly decreases vomiting and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with gastroparesis.