Yourwellness Magazine Follows Up Obese Diabetics’ Surgery Study
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 21 July 2013 -- According to a new study published in the June 5th issue of JAMA (JAMA. 2013;309(21):2274-2275), the addition of gastric bypass surgery to lifestyle and medical management was more likely to improve levels of metabolic risk factors – such as blood glucose, LDL-cholesterol and systolic blood pressure – among mild to moderately obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Led by Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, the researchers split 120 patients into two groups; one who received the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle-medical management protocol, and the other who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass as well.
In JAMA, the authors wrote, “On average, the gastric bypass group used 3.0 fewer medications to manage glycaemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension than did those in the lifestyle-medical management group. The gastric bypass group also had significantly better results for the secondary outcomes of glycaemia, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and diastolic blood pressure.” (http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/gastric-bypass-surgery-may-help-manage-diabetes-risk-factors/)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine commented on another recent study which found that obese patients with type 2 diabetes saw significant improvements in their glucose control when they underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Yourwellness Magazine noted that 95% of patients achieved remission or improvement in their haemoglobin A1C values just two years after surgery. Yourwellness Magazine explained that remission was defined as an elimination of hypoglycaemic medication and ‘improvement’ meant a reduction in hypoglycaemic medication in this study. (http://www.yourwellness.com/2013/01/could-gastric-band-surgery-improve-your-diabetes-control/)
Yourwellness Magazine noted the conclusions of study leader Ted Okerson, MD, which were reported at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) meeting. According to Okerson, "It’s important that we all know that diet and weight-loss lifestyle changes are foundational to the treatment of type 2 diabetes. But we also know that these recommendations are difficult for patients to achieve." Yourwellness Magazine commented that weight loss surgery can seem like a drastic measure but, as Okerson argued, it is becoming an "increasingly recognised potential treatment approach to help patients achieve meaningful weight loss that is significant but also sustainable."
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Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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