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11-12-2005, 07:48 AM
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Weight loss in the news
Appetite-suppressing hormone discovered
Obestatin may help explain how the body regulates weight, researchers say Complete story at MSNBC WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered a biological brake for a hunger hormone: a competing hormone that seems to counter the urge to eat. The substance, named obestatin, has been tested just in laboratory rats so far. But if it pans out, the discovery of the dueling hormones could lead not only to a new appetite suppressant, but also help unravel the complex ways that the body regulates weight. It turns out that the same gene sparks production of the two opposing hormones, Stanford University researchers say in Friday's edition of the journal Science. 
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11-12-2005, 07:50 AM
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Hormone injection may promote weight loss
Substance called oxyntomodulin helped volunteers in study shed pounds Complete story at MSNBC NEW YORK - Self-administered subcutaneous injections of a substance called oxyntomodulin lead to weight loss and an apparent reduction in fat deposits, UK researchers report. “Oxyntomodulin is a natural hormone,” senior investigator Dr. Stephen R. Bloom told Reuters Health, “which is released every day after a normal meal and acts to make you feel less hungry. This study showed administering it before a meal decreased food intake and produced a very significant weight loss, greater than other marketed or near-to-market agents, over the 4 weeks studied.” Bloom, of Hammersmith Hospital in London, and colleagues note in the journal Diabetes that oxyntomodulin is one of several gut hormones that have been found to modulate appetite. It has been shown to reduce food intake in both animals and humans.
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11-12-2005, 12:02 PM
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I'm very wary of taking any kind of weight loss drug or hormone, no matter how tempting it might be.
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11-12-2005, 12:19 PM
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Forgive me, but i giggle a good deal every time i hear about the "obesity epidemic". It's hard to muster much sympathy over a "disease" that isn't even attainable by a hefty portion of the world's population.
Don't worry, I'm trying to gauge how ignorant i'm being on my home made "jerk-o-meter".
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