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A Swedish study suggests that weight loss surgery could be a cost-effective treatment to lower blood sugar levels for many diabetics, not just for those who are severely obese.
Researchers found that for people with diabetes, total healthcare costs did not rise in the years following weight-loss surgery, largely because of overall savings from less use of healthcare and medications.
For people with normal or merely elevated blood sugar below the cut-off for diabetes, the surgery was linked to higher costs afterward....
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A Swedish study suggests that weight loss surgery could be a cost-effective treatment to lower blood sugar levels for many diabetics, not just for those who are severely obese.
Researchers found that for people with diabetes, total healthcare costs did not rise in the years following weight-loss surgery, largely because of overall savings from less use of healthcare and medications.
For people with normal or merely elevated blood sugar below the cut-off for diabetes, the surgery was linked to higher costs afterward....
