60 Minutes Story on Gastric Bypass and elimination on Type 2 Diabetes

There was an interesting story on 60 Minutes last night about gastric
bypass surgery. Doctors noticed that patients that underwent the
procedure that had type 2 diabetes no longer had any symptoms of
diabetes following surgery. Most remarkable was that the effect
occured withing a few days, so it was not linked to weight loss. They
had 8 people on the show, all of whom were type 2 and all said they
were now normal, no longer taking medication, etc.

Researchers looked into how this occurs and have concluded that the
effect seems to be caused by bypassing the duodenum, ie a short part
of the small intestine where it connects to the stomach, where some
hormone is produced by food passing through.

Some limited studies are underway abroad now to try the procedure on
people not overweight, but with type 2. It's certainly very
interesting. Doctors on the show were even using the term "cure".