Diabetes could be cured or controlled with a simple gut operation, according to British doctors running trials of therapies for one of the UK’s biggest health problems.
Patients treated at King’s College Hospital and University College Hospital in London and City Hospital in Birmingham found their diabetes had disappeared or become much milder after the operations, which reduce the gut’s release of hormones into the blood.
The findings offer hope for about 4m people in this country with type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to lifestyle factors such as obesity. Sufferers include the rower Sir Steve Redgrave, the actor Tom Hanks and Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary.
The results suggest that surgery could help even without any weight loss.
Francesco Rubino, professor of