Satiety hormone leptin plays a direct role in cardiovascular disease in obesity

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 20:20 in Health & Medicine

While high levels of the satiety hormone leptin don't help obese individuals lose weight, they do appear to directly contribute to their cardiovascular disease, researchers report.

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