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Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

Bones produce a hormone that controls blood sugar

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2007 3:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – A substance produced by the skeleton may help to treat diabetes, a new study suggests. A hormone called osteocalcin regulates blood sugar; type 2 diabetics have a lower level of the hormone than other people. In the study, mice with lower levels of osteocalcin develop...   Read full story »

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