Growth hormone treatment after weight loss surgery prevents loss of muscle mass

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 09:08 in Health & Medicine

Growth hormone treatment for six months after weight loss surgery reduces patients' losses in lean body mass and skeletal muscle mass, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)...

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