Weight-loss balloon being tested by Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Health Network!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

“This is all aimed at addressing unmet needs in a population that still needs help,” Dr. Eid said. “I’m sure people get flak for doing this, but If it means we can eliminate diabetes through this kind of weight loss intervention instead of giving medication, isn’t that OK? Nobody chooses to be obese. Sometimes obesity chooses them, and if we can help transform their lives.”

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2015/04/22/Weight-loss-balloon-being-tested-by-Pittsburgh-s-Allegheny-Health-Network/stories/201504220059

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1. What reputable doctor would claim to potentially "eliminate diabetes" ...

through weight reduction? Indeed, many people who are quite thin develop the disease as well (two of the thinnest, most active males in my family developed type 2 diabetes in their older years).

Overweight, an unhealthy lifestyle and old age are factors that many of us associate with people who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

But this isn’t entirely true. In fact, the disease can hit the slim, the fat, the young and the old.

This diversity of patients does not make life easy for doctors and researchers, as it creates a need for a great variety of treatment forms. For example, lifestyle changes only work for some patients and not for others. The ideal time for an insulin fix also varies greatly, depending on the patient.

However, now two Danish researchers have cracked part of this code. Based on data from a comprehensive English study, they have identified three subgroups of type 2 diabetes patients that have different diseases patterns.

In addition to showing that diabetes is expressed in a variety of ways, the study surprises by showing that only 25 percent of the type 2 diabetes patients follow the course of the disease that scientists so far have considered to be the most common one.

http://sciencenordic.com/slim-and-healthy-people-also-get-type-2-diabetes

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2. No shit!

I don't have the studies right on hand, but there are many that suggest the DM2 that are overweight are overweight because of the factors that cause the diabetes, rather than weight causing diabetes.

I'm also curious how it'd cure my diabetes, which was caused by steroid use (prescribed for asthma).