{"id":220388,"date":"2010-01-23T23:45:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T04:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diabetesforums.com\/forum\/type-2-diabetes\/47961-15-minute-cure.html"},"modified":"2010-01-23T23:45:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T04:45:32","slug":"15-minute-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/220388","title":{"rendered":"15 Minute Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"
Express.co.uk – Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Diabetes and obesity see 15-minute ‘cure’<\/a><\/p>\n

DIABETES AND OBESITY SEE 15-MINUTE ‘CURE’ <\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe 15‑minute treatment can lead to weight loss and reverse the onset of diabetes
\n Sunday January 24,2010
\nBy Lucy Johnston and Martyn Halle Have your say(0)
\nSCIENTISTS have developed a 15‑minute non-surgical treatment that can lead to dramatic weight loss and reverse the onset of diabetes.<\/p>\n

\nIt involves inserting a cloth sleeve into the intestine to prevent food *being absorbed into the body.<\/p>\n

The device is fed through the mouth with the patient awake using an *instrument called an endoscope.<\/p>\n

The procedure is being seen as a cheap and safe alternative to surgery that could save the NHS millions of pounds. During trials the sleeve was able to reverse Type 2 diabetes within weeks by reducing patients\u0092 blood sugar levels so they no longer needed to take drugs.<\/p>\n

In a 12-week trial patients fitted with the EndoBarrier lost an average of two‑and-a-half stone compared with a control group of patients who dieted and lost just 12lbs. And at less than \u00a32,000 a time it is about half the cost of the cheapest obesity operation.<\/p>\n

Professor Nadey Hakim, a leading UK consultant in weight loss surgery, said: \u0093I would love to be able to cure a patient\u0092s obesity with a 15-minute *procedure. It\u0092s a very clever idea. It\u0092s going to be very attractive to patients because they won\u0092t have the worry of having surgery. We make obesity *operations as safe as we can but if you can avoid surgery it would be better.\u0094<\/p>\n

Extensive tests have been carried out in the US and Europe and last week the new device was given a *licence for use on European patients.<\/p>\n

In a Dutch trial 40 patients lost 19 per cent of their body weight in 12 weeks. EndoBarrier\u0092s US inventors say it will be available to treat UK patients towards the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\nDr Keith Gersin, head of obesity surgery at Carolinas Medical Centre in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been trialling the EndoBarrier sleeve for 18 months. He said: \u0093Obesity surgery can be risky simply because of the patient\u0092s weight and the fact that you are giving them a general anaesthetic. That\u0092s why it\u0092s so good to have a non-surgical approach.\u0094<\/p>\n

He said the technique could revolutionise healthcare for the rising population of obese patients. He added: \u0093It is so quick to fit that you can get lots more patients treated. The patients loved it so much they didn\u0092t want us to remove it at the end of the trial period. We had no significant side effects and it was easily removed.<\/p>\n

\u0093The patients who used it have continued to lose weight. It gave them the incentive to diet and eat sensibly.\u0094 The EndoBarrier device is fitted to the first two feet of the small intestine where most food is absorbed.<\/p>\n

But trials indicate patients still get enough nutrition as food passes *further down the digestive tract. The device can stay in patients for up to 18 months but specialists expect the sleeve to be fitted for around six to nine months in most cases.<\/p>\n

In that time it might be possible for patients to lose between seven and ten stone and then continue to lose weight through diet and exercise. Dr Ian Campbell, medical director of charity Weight Concern, said: \u0093This is a very clever concept that could save the NHS a lot of money while *reducing costs for private patients.\u0094<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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