Study: Obesity surgery can cure diabetes
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_he_me/diabetes_obesity_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080122/capt.sge.aqh18.220108142321.photo00.photo.default-512x323.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=lJA6ZcHmDqZ.YqlLLVY9yA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A man and a woman wait at a tram stop in Manchester, northwest England. Cooking lessons will be made compulsory for English teenagers from the start of the next academic year as part of a battle to cut spiralling levels of obesity, the government announced Tuesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AP - A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years than were patients who had standard diabetes care, according to Australian researchers.</p><br clear="all"/>

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