Hormones can be helpful heroes, supporting the immune system and a healthy sleep-wake schedule. But they can also be culprits ...

Elevated plasma ghrelin levels in Prader-Willi syndrome. Nature Medicine 2002; 8: 643–4. MEDLINE 18. Challis BG, Yeo GS, Farooqi IS et al.: The CART gene and human obesity: mutational analysis ...

A new study has found that eating after a certain time can increase your risk of obesity, and the findings may surprise you ...

Epidemics' of sleep deprivation coincide with epidemics of obesity, diabetes and cancer ... will release an appetite-inducing hormone called ghrelin (from the Hindu word for 'growth').

Hypothalamic obesity is usually unresponsive to diet, physical activity, and most pharmacologic interventions. [6] Little information is available about effective weight management treatment aside ...

Obesity is now a global health threat - according ... or the risk of open surgery. Ghrelin, is a hormone produced at the top of the stomach and doctors are trying to stop it working with an ...