Lone Star Health News: Lone Stars on the Medical Frontier: Dr. Richard Peterson says pioneering surgery could reverse diabetes

May 21, 2021

Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, Medicine/Diabetes, are featured in this Lone Star Health News article that highlights the minimally invasive procedure, developed by researchers and physicians at UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute, that is showing promising results to improve patients’ health and minimize […]

San Antonio Express-News: Could removing abdominal fat reverse Type 2 diabetes? San Antonio researchers are testing a new surgery to find out.

April 30, 2021

Dr. Richard Peterson, Surgery/Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Dr. Ralph DeFronzo, Medicine/Diabetes, are quoted in this San Antonio Express-News story about a minimally invasive procedure, developed by researchers and physicians at UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute, that is showing promising results to improve patients’ health and minimize or reverse […]

SFGATE: San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes

April 26, 2021

UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes. Read the story.

Yahoo! Finance: San Antonio partners pioneer surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes

April 26, 2021

UT Health San Antonio, University Health and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are reporting promising results following a minimally invasive procedure that dissolved abdominal fat in two patients. The goal of the novel procedure is to improve the patients’ health and minimize or reverse the adverse health effects of their Type 2 diabetes. Read the story.