Weight Loss

Daily hormone shot helps take off pounds, research shows

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 14th, 2003

A controlled dose of growth hormone may help people who are obese lose weight and maintain the energy to exercise, new research at Saint Louis University shows.

Stewart Albert, MD, professor of internal medicine in the division of endocrinology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Arshag Mooradian, MD, chair of the division of endocrinology at Saint Louis University, Missouri, presented their findings at ENDO 2003, the 85th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, which took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 19-22, 2003.

The findings are significant because obesity is a major health risk in the United States, affecting as much as...

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