Researchers explain hormonal role in glucose and fat metabolism

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 15:33 in Health & Medicine

Hormone researchers have their sights set on providing long-term treatment options for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases by better understanding estradiol, the most potent naturally occurring estrogen. They now believe that this estrogen hormone is a prominent regulator of several body functions in both females and males.

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