Diabetes, as we are all aware, is a killer disease. One in about
nine Americans has diabetes, and most diabetics are Type 2 diabetics,
meaning that the body does not produce enough insulin to balance glucose
output. Since glucose, sugar and starch do not get converted into
energy; the result is the debilitating condition of Type 2 diabetes.
Huge costs to the economy
People with uncontrolled diabetes are prone to ailments such as hypertension, heart disease, stroke, kidney and blindness. It is estimated that diabetes costs the nation well over $100 billion annually. Since there is no established cure for diabetes, the only approaches now have been to control the disease, through medications and lifestyle modifications.
A possible hope?
All that could change in the future, if the promise shown by an unintended cure is any indication. In morbidly obese patients, gastric bypass surgery is being prescribed as a possible cure. Although not in any way directly aimed at curing diabetes; doctors at many medical centers across the US are discovering that there is a direct possibility that gastric bypass surgery (also sometimes referred to as bariatric surgery) could correct diabetes.
Huge costs to the economy
People with uncontrolled diabetes are prone to ailments such as hypertension, heart disease, stroke, kidney and blindness. It is estimated that diabetes costs the nation well over $100 billion annually. Since there is no established cure for diabetes, the only approaches now have been to control the disease, through medications and lifestyle modifications.
A possible hope?
All that could change in the future, if the promise shown by an unintended cure is any indication. In morbidly obese patients, gastric bypass surgery is being prescribed as a possible cure. Although not in any way directly aimed at curing diabetes; doctors at many medical centers across the US are discovering that there is a direct possibility that gastric bypass surgery (also sometimes referred to as bariatric surgery) could correct diabetes.
