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HEALTH: Gastric bypass as a cure for Diabetes?
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July 20, 2008
Gastric bypass as a cure for Diabetes?


(NECN/ABC) - It may be the closest thing to a cure for type-2 diabetes -- gastric bypass surgery.

Currently, the procedure is only performed for major weight loss.

But one surgeon hopes to prove that a similar surgery could help non-obese diabetics.

ABC's Brad Kloza introduces us to one diabetes patient who's determined to have the surgery.

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