Study Shows Benefits Of Hormone Found In Fat Tissue

Friday, March 6, 2009 - 10:15 in Health & Medicine

It's called the obesity paradox. Although obese people are more apt to suffer from inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, they are also more likely to survive a major attack caused by one of those conditions. Scientists shed light on the reasons for this phenomenon in a study in Endocrinology.

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