Bariatric surgery diabetes cure
Four years ago, Natasha Minny was overweight, and suffering from diabetes Type-2, high blood pressure and severe depression. Similarly, an overweight Alex Vowles was suffering chronic pain and was also diagnosed with diabetes.
They are among 240 million people worldwide who have diabetes mellitus Type-2. And 90% of sufferers are obese. It's conventionally managed with an insulin-controlling drug, exercise and diet, which slows down, but doesn't cure the disease. Now, surgeons the world over report that a gastric bypass procedure - meant to treat obesity by making the stomach smaller and bypassing parts of the bowel - cures type-2 diabetes. Carte Blanche Medical investigates a phenomenal medical development in a disease previously considered incurable.
