Growth hormone cuts abnormal fat in patients with HIV
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 18:49
in Health & Medicine
But the treatment brings a risk, according to research in an AIDS-themed edition of a medical journal. Other studies examine tuberculosis medicine and the treatment of injection-drug abusers. Low doses of human growth hormone can reverse some of the abnormal fat distribution caused by HIV therapy, lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease, but the treatment may produce unnecessary risk for those who have early stages of diabetes, researchers said Sunday.
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