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Diabetes and Gastric Bypass Surgery: The Best of Both Worlds

by moveforward on July 8, 2010

The story of Cristina Iaboni is fairly common to many diabetics all across America. She tried to manage her diabetes through a daily dose of insulin and other medication. Disappointingly, her blood glucose levels still remain unabatedly high. Desperate because of the cost and the hassle of undergoing her daily diabetes regimen, she went online and found a study that provides weight loss surgery as a means to help diabetics like her. [click to continue…]

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