Growth Hormone Treatment For HIV Patients Improves Abdominal Fat, But Worsens Glucose Level
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
For human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with treatment-related abdominal obesity and growth hormone deficiency, receiving low-dose growth hormone resulted in improvement in fat and blood pressure measurements but worsened glucose levels, according to a study in the Aug. 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS.
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