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...despite the fact that diabetes patients lost less weight after surgery than patients without the disease, 90% of the former group still saw their blood-sugar levels fall after the procedure. That meant they could also cut back significantly on the amount of medication they needed. According to Dr. Osama Hamdy, director of the Obesity Clinical Program at Joslin Diabetes Center, the chances may be even better for those patients who address their diabetes early on. "If you have had diabetes for a long time, your response to surgery may not be as good as that of people who have...
...overweight patients: those with diabetes. Several recent studies have reported that the surgery not only reduces patients' risk of death - particularly from obesity-related diseases, including diabetes and coronary artery disease - but that in some patients with diabetes the surgery is practically a cure, resulting in normalization of blood sugar, often within days. That's part of the reason that gastric bypass is now the most commonly performed weight-loss surgery in the U.S., with nearly 140,000 procedures done each year...
...other reason for the weight-loss disparity, Campos says, may have something to do with the medications that diabetes patients take to control blood sugar. "One of the known factors for why diabetics have trouble controlling their weight is the types of medications they take," says Campos. "Diabetes is a consequence of being overweight, but [another complication] is having to take medications that add to weight gain. It's a double-edged sword, and a vicious cycle." The solution, he points out, may be to rely on newer anti-diabetes drugs, such as the DPP-IV inhibitors (like Januvia...
...their way out the door, employees of the nation's fourth-largest investment bank had to wade through a crush of onlookers drawn to the carnage like sharks to blood. Reporters buttonholed staffers, asking what it felt like to lose their jobs. Executive recruiters bustled around, extending business cards to anyone whose suit suggested he or she might be a banker. A man leaning against the building's facade held aloft a printed sign on white letter-sized paper: LOOKING TO HIRE SYS ADMIN. Most employees passed through the scrum without acknowledging...
...technique allows scientists to manipulate a patient’s cells genetically—typically skin cells or blood cells—and reprogram them into a pluripotent state. Like embryonic stem cells, these iPS cells are then capable of morphing into any type of body tissue...