Exploring the Bariatric Surgery/Diabetes Link: An Interview With Francesco Rubino, MD
Researchers have recently discovered that Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is a very effective tool for improving-and sometimes completely reversing-type 2 diabetes. Medtech interviews Francesco Rubino, MD, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College, who is at the forefront of a new subspecialty in bariatric surgery called diabetes surgery. He and his group are studying exactly how bariatric surgery succeeds in reversing type 2 diabetes.
by Mary Stuart
It is well known that obesity and type 2 diabetes often go hand-in-hand. Most type 2 diabetics are overweight, and their physicians continually tell them to lose some weight. Unfortunately,...
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