Cortisol and fatty liver: Researchers find cause of severe metabolic disorders

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 08:49 in Health & Medicine

A healthy body stores fat in the form of so-called triglycerides in specialised fatty tissue as an energy reserve. Under certain conditions the delicate balance of the lipid metabolism gets out of control and fat is accumulated in the liver, leading to the dreaded fatty liver...

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