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New research says that in teenagers who have severe obesity and type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery provides much better weight loss, diabetes remission, and improvement in heart risk factors than medical treatment. The analysis of data from two large studies suggests a surgical solution to youth-onset type 2 may be preferable, despite the risks of complications from the surgery. Read more