Weight Loss Reverses Type 2 Diabetes

Obese people with type 2 diabetes who lost weight through gastric banding surgery, according to a recent study, also experienced a reversal of diabetes. John Dixon, author of the study, found these results and more. Gut hormones may be the future of diabetes treatment. I interview Dr. Dixon and write about this recent development in diabetes treatment in the April 2008 edition of Nature Medicine. Check out the full story at www.nature.com/nm .