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Ghrelin infusion improves appetite in frail women with unexplained weight loss

Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast

1:44  |   Posted on Jun 15, 2009 in Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical Students, Public Health & Prevention, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Women’s Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small pilot study of frail older women with unexplained weight loss, infusion of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin led to improvement in appetite and growth hormone (GH) levels and was well tolerated.

The study findings were presented at The Endocrine Society

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