Endocrinology

New study finds leptin plays a key role in women's health

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 23rd, 2004

A new study has found that leptin plays a critical role in women's reproductive and neuroendocrine health and suggests a future for the hormone in treating a number of conditions including exercise-induced bone loss, eating disorders, and some cases of infertility.

Led by researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the findings were described in the September 2, 2004, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

"There are three populations of women for whom this study has particular relevance," explains senior author Christos Mantzoros, MD, director of the Human Nutrition...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-09-23)

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