In transition-age childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency, growth hormone response to the glucagon stimulation test depends mainly on pituitary dysfunction severity, with BMI having minimal impact.

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People with diabetes take insulin to lower high blood sugar. However, if glucose levels plunge too low—from taking too much insulin or not eating enough sugar—people can experience hypoglycemia, which ...

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro work primarily by reducing hunger. They mimic a hormone the body already produces called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which helps regulate ...

People with diabetes and others taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) should be monitored for nutritional deficiencies and muscle loss, researchers said. "We found that adults ...

Glucagon is a peptide hormone secreted primarily from the alpha cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. Minor amounts are also produced in the L cells of the intestine and certain neurons of the ...