Patient Care
Lowering Leptin Levels Aids Hypertension
A study has found that lowering leptin levels and making other metabolic changes are key factors in treating obesity-related hypertension. Leptin is a protein made in fat cells that appears to play an important role in how the body manages fat. More...20 Aug 2001
Exercise and Diet Sharply Reduce Diabetes Risk
A major clinical trial comparing diet and exercise to treatment with metformin or placebo to prevent diabetes was ended a year early because the data demonstrated so clearly that diet and exercise cut the risk of type 2 diabetes by 58%. More...15 Aug 2001
Treatment Causes Complete Remissions in Leukemia
A phase 1 trial has shown that 11 of 13 patients with hairy cell leukemia had complete remissions after receiving treatment with the recombinant immunotoxin BL22, an antibody bioengineered to recognize and deliver a deadly toxin to hairy cell leukemia cells More...13 Aug 2001
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