Method for treating diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, associated condition or disorder thereof, or symptoms thereof

A method for treating diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), associated condition or disorder thereof, or symptoms thereof suffered by a subject including a human patient or a pet, comprising:

• (1) placing one or more electrodes within a target blood vessel of the subject and against the target blood vessel wall, wherein the target blood vessel includes the celiac artery and a segment of the abdominal aorta terminated at its junction with the celiac artery;
• (2) adhering a surface electrode on an external surface such as skin of the subject;
• and
• (3) releasing a therapeutically effective amount of radiofrequency energy through the one or more electrodes to nearby tissues, so as to increase the temperature of the nearby tissues and induce a thermal alteration of the nearby tissues;
• wherein said treating and said “therapeutically effective” refer to reversing, alleviating, inhibiting the progress of, or preventing the diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), associated condition or disorder thereof, or symptoms thereof in said subject,
• wherein the subject is a group of human patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus;
• wherein an ablation session is defined as releasing the radiofrequency energy for a continuous period of 120 seconds with a temperature threshold setting of 60° C. through the one or more electrodes within the target blood vessel during step (3);
• and
• wherein step (3) consists of three ablation sessions, one of which is carried out in the celiac artery and two of which are carried out in the segment of the abdominal aorta.