Gastric banding as effective as metformin in slowing prediabetes, type two diabetes

(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) People with prediabetes or new-onset type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding, a type of bariatric surgery for weight loss, had similar stabilization of their disease to those who took metformin alone, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news