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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Bariatric Surgery May Reverse Type 2 Diabetes.

ABC World News (3/26, story 6, 2:35, Sawyer) reported that "two studies in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' show there's hope for a cure" for diabetes.
        The CBS Evening News (3/26, story 6, 2:25, Pelley) reported that Dr. Steven Nissen, an author of one of the studies, "was amazed by the results. In fact, many of the patients were taken off their diabetes medicine."
        On NBC Nightly News (3/26, story 7, 2:35, Williams), NBC Chief Science Correspondent, Robert Bazell said that while physicians "and scientists do not know why the weight lost surgery can have such dramatic effects," they "suspect that the procedure itself causes massive hormonal changes."
        The AP Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Marchione) reports, "The two studies, released on Monday, are the first to compare stomach-reducing operations to medicines alone for 'diabesity' -- type 2 diabetes brought on by obesity."
        In a front-page story, the New York Times Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, A1, Grady, Subscription Publication) reports, "Neither study involved the Lap Band, an implanted loop that cinches the stomach into a small pouch and that does not involve cutting the stomach or intestines."
        USA Today Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Szabo) reports, "In the study Share to FacebookShare to Twitter of 150 patients with type 2 diabetes, 42% of those randomly assigned to the stomach-reducing surgery saw their blood sugar drop to normal levels, according to research presented in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology." Some of the study participants "who had the operations, called bariatric surgery, improved so rapidly that they went off their diabetes medications before leaving the hospital, says lead investigator Philip Schauer, a professor of surgery and director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic."
        Bloomberg News Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Langreth, Cortez) reports, however, that "one in three patients studied in the Cleveland Clinic research wouldn't have been big enough to qualify for obesity surgery under current US guidelines."
        The Washington Post Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Vastag) reports that the other " study Share to FacebookShare to Twitter , conducted in Italy, achieved even better results." Researchers found that "gastric bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses more of the intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent remission rate."
        The Los Angeles Times Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27) reports, "In an accompanying editorial Share to FacebookShare to Twitter in the journal, diabetes specialists...wrote that although surgical weight-loss procedures were 'not yet' a panacea for the worldwide epidemic of type 2 diabetes, the new research 'suggests they should not be seen as a last resort.'"
        Also covering the story are the Wall Street Journal Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, D5, Winslow, Subscription Publication), Reuters Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Sherman, Pierson), the NPR Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Stein) "Shots" blog, Forbes Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Herper), WebMD Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Laino), HeartWire Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Nainggolan, Barclay) MedPage Today Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Phend), and HealthDay Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/27, Mozes).

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