Robert J. Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children's National (IMAGE)

Children's National Hospital

Robert J. Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of Emergency Medicine at Children's National

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A research team led by Children's National finds that losing weight through surgical approaches appears to reset chemical messages that fat cells send, substantially reducing people's risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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