UPDATE 1-Weight loss surgery helps reverse type 2 diabetes for some -study
March 31, 2014 at 08:38 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Bariatric weight loss surgery on obese patients with type 2 diabetes helped many to get their blood sugar to healthy levels and to no longer require any diabetes medicines, including insulin, three years after the procedure, according to data presented at a major medical meeting on Monday.