Hormone combination shows promise in the treatment of obesity and diabetes

Monday, March 18, 2013 - 20:50 in Health & Medicine

A new treatment combining two hormones can reduce appetite, according to new research. This early study provides ‘first in human’ evidence that a combined therapy using the hormones glucagon and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) may form the basis for a new treatment for obesity and diabetes in the future.

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