Obesity surgery seen as potential diabetes cure

I read, “Obesity surgery seen as potential diabetes cure” in the CNN online news. It is about new research that found a kind of obesity surgery can help to control or even cure diabetes after 2 years therapy. This research was done by Australian researcher. This research includes 55 patients who were obese and had a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes during the previous two years. Their average age was 47. Half of patients accepted a surgery called laparoscopic gastric banding; the others got the standard care. Both groups lost weight over two years; the surgery patients lost 46 pounds on average, while the standard-care patients lost an average of 3 pounds. All of those patients got the same education about how to eat healthy and were encouraged to exercise. Why did they use obesity surgery to treat diabetes patients? Because obesity is the highest risk for diabetes

This news has two reasons to attract me, one is my major, and the other is the epidemiology. Every time, while you watch TV, how many commercials is talk about diabetes? America has more than 20 million people who have diabetes. For 20 years or older group the prevalence was 9.6%; age 60 years or older was 20.9%, in 2005. In my country, diabetes always is the top 5 reason to cause people’s death. Actually, in my family we have a family history for diabetes, and know I have 2/5 family members who have diabetes. Now, people can live longer and longer, so the chronic diseases such like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease have become common. As a result, how to prevent and treat chronic diseases is a “hot” topic around the world.