Guest guest Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 Wow! Way to go Pattie. ) I'd really like to find out if there is a connection. Keep up the great work. Angel (mom to Donovan 9 and 4 (RSS) ) > I have been spending a little time reading through medical reports > on the internet regarding ghrelin research. If you have not read > the previous posts, ghrelin is a hormone produced in the stomach > that researchers are linking to " hunger " . When ghrelin levels are > increased in rats they become ravenous, even if they have just > eaten. Tonight I went on google.com and searched the words ghrelin > research. I was suprised by two things...one was this: > > Discovery of Ghrelin: > > Ghrelin was first described by Japanese researchers in the journal > Nature in December 1999. They chose the name ghrelin because " ghre " > is the Proto-Indo-European root of the word " grow, " and ghrelin also > stimulates the pituitary gland to release growth hormone. > > The other thing that I noticed was they are linking it with insulin > resistance. In one study of women with cancer they found that those > with insulin resistance had a lower ghrelin level. > > Unfortunately as I read many of these documents I could not follow > all of the medical terms so I may be way off. I just thought it was > interesting that they were connecting growth hormone, insulin > resistance and appetite. I was going to try to send Dr. Cummings (a > ghrelin researcher) a document about RSS but there really is nothing > written up that describes some of Dr. H's new connections between > RSS and insulin resistance. > > if you think it is worthwhile I could send you some of > the documents I downloaded and we could have someone " medical " take > a look at them. > > > ...just passing time away on my vacation in Florida! > > Pattie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 After reading these articles I wrote to Dr. Cummings again about RSS kids and he sent me the following reply: Please excuse this very tardy reply. I'm still a little overwhelmed with email messages and other commitments. Primarily because of this, I am reluctant to take on new research projects at this time, but I have forwarded both of your messages to my colleague, Haqq, at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. She is a pediatric endocrinologist doing research on ghrelin in children, especially those with Prader-Willi syndrome. As a pediatrician, she is even more appropriate than I am to consider your questions about Silver syndrome. Her email address is below. Good luck. Haqq haqq0001@...> Best regards, Cummings > I have been spending a little time reading through medical reports > on the internet regarding ghrelin research. If you have not read > the previous posts, ghrelin is a hormone produced in the stomach > that researchers are linking to " hunger " . When ghrelin levels are > increased in rats they become ravenous, even if they have just > eaten. Tonight I went on google.com and searched the words ghrelin > research. I was suprised by two things...one was this: > > Discovery of Ghrelin: > > Ghrelin was first described by Japanese researchers in the journal > Nature in December 1999. They chose the name ghrelin because " ghre " > is the Proto-Indo-European root of the word " grow, " and ghrelin also > stimulates the pituitary gland to release growth hormone. > > The other thing that I noticed was they are linking it with insulin > resistance. In one study of women with cancer they found that those > with insulin resistance had a lower ghrelin level. > > Unfortunately as I read many of these documents I could not follow > all of the medical terms so I may be way off. I just thought it was > interesting that they were connecting growth hormone, insulin > resistance and appetite. I was going to try to send Dr. Cummings (a > ghrelin researcher) a document about RSS but there really is nothing > written up that describes some of Dr. H's new connections between > RSS and insulin resistance. > > if you think it is worthwhile I could send you some of > the documents I downloaded and we could have someone " medical " take > a look at them. > > > ...just passing time away on my vacation in Florida! > > Pattie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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