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Overweight patients with diabetes appear more likely to achieve remission with weight-loss surgery

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 study in the Jan. 23 issue of JAMA.

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