{"id":7305,"date":"2023-09-04T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2023-09-01T08:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:15:19","slug":"growth-hormone-lowers-liver-fat-for-adults-with-obesity-steatotic-liver-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/09\/04\/growth-hormone-lowers-liver-fat-for-adults-with-obesity-steatotic-liver-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth hormone lowers liver fat for adults with obesity, steatotic liver disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7305\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Michael Monostra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adults with overweight or obesity and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/healio.com\/news\/endocrinology\/20230118\/meeting-target-hba1c-may-improve-nafld-for-adults-with-type-2-diabetes\" target=\"_blank\">metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease<\/a>&nbsp;had a more than 5% reduction in liver fat at 6 months with growth hormone therapy, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, GH significantly decreased liver fat and alanine aminotransferase as well as visceral adipose tissue and high sensitivity C-reactive protein,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Laura Dichtel, MD, MHS,\u00a0<\/strong>endocrinologist and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the director of steatotic liver disease research in the neuroendocrine unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, told Healio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/endocrinology\/20230815\/growth-hormone-lowers-liver-fat-for-adults-with-obesity-steatotic-liver-disease?utm_source=selligent&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=news\">Read the full story<\/a> in Healio. <\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7305\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Michael Monostra Adults with overweight or obesity and&nbsp;metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease&nbsp;had a more than 5% reduction in liver fat at 6 months with growth hormone therapy, according &hellip; 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