A Surgical Cure for Diabetes?

Surgery originally developed to help obese people lose weight appears to also alleviate the most common form of diabetes in many patients, perhaps by affecting hormones produced by the digestive system. Researchers are exploring whether the current surgery and a new variation might offer a more effective way to treat the disease.

SOURCE: WebSurg | REPORTING: Rob Stein | GRAPHIC: Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - May 04, 2008

This Story Surgery Shows Promise For Treatment of Diabetes Article \| Rocco Turso was injecting himself with insulin three times a day, swallowing pills twice daily and restricting his diet. But his diabetes was still out of control, blurring his vision, making his feet numb and sapping his energy. So he decided to try an experimental operation. Within days, his blood... A Surgical Cure for Diabetes?		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: WebSurg \| REPORTING: Rob Stein \| GRAPHIC: Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - May 04, 2008 ¬es=Surgery originally developed to help obese people lose weight appears to also alleviate the most common form of diabetes in many patients, perhaps by affecting hormones produced by the digestive system. Researchers are exploring whether the current surgery and a new variation might offer a more effective way to treat the disease." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: WebSurg \| REPORTING: Rob Stein \| GRAPHIC: Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - May 04, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Health News » washingtonpost.com
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This Story Surgery Shows Promise For Treatment of Diabetes Article \| Rocco Turso was injecting himself with insulin three times a day, swallowing pills twice daily and restricting his diet. But his diabetes was still out of control, blurring his vision, making his feet numb and sapping his energy. So he decided to try an experimental operation. Within days, his blood... A Surgical Cure for Diabetes?		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: WebSurg \| REPORTING: Rob Stein \| GRAPHIC: Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - May 04, 2008 ¬es=Surgery originally developed to help obese people lose weight appears to also alleviate the most common form of diabetes in many patients, perhaps by affecting hormones produced by the digestive system. Researchers are exploring whether the current surgery and a new variation might offer a more effective way to treat the disease." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: WebSurg \| REPORTING: Rob Stein \| GRAPHIC: Laura Stanton - The Washington Post - May 04, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Health News » washingtonpost.com
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