An obesity remedy for diabetes.

J Fam Pract

Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Published: January 2013

For obese patients with type 2 diabetes, surgery may be the best bet.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601814PMC

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