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JUNE 15, 2016

Endoscopic Approaches Emerging For Diabetes

Promising, but Most Experts Agree ‘Prime Time’ Still a Ways Off

By Christina Frangou

Las Vegas—A treatment gap exists in diabetes care, and millions of Americans with poorly controlled diabetes fall into it.

Treatment options for the nearly 30 million Americans with type 2 diabetes start with diet and exercise. If those fail, and they often do, patients move on to pharmacotherapy and then polypharmacy. Even so, only about one-third of patients achieve the recommended glycemic target set by the American Diabetes Association (Diabetes Care