Cover Story

PIPE DREAMS?

By Eric Seaborg

Aside from weight loss, gastric bypass surgery has been shown to eliminate diabetes in certain patients. Studies find a remarkable increase of insulin-raising hormones post-surgery. Could this be the first steps to a cure?

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Features

• Social THERAPY

  By Melissa Mapes
  Online networks help patients handle diabetes without feeling alone.

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• REMOTE CONTROL

  By Glenda Fauntleroy
  More and more doctors and their patients are successfully utilizing telemedicine, which keeps office visits to minimum.

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• LAUGHING MATTERS

  By Melissa Mapes
  Knowing when and how to use humor as a treatment tool

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• The Name Game

  By Miriam E. Tucker
  Some surgeons recommend calling “bariatric” surgery “metabolic” surgery when used to treat diabetes and other metabolic conditions. However, there’s more involved than just semantics.

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