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Bone hormone could provide new treatment for heart rhythm disorder
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Bone hormone could provide new treatment for heart rhythm disorder

by Lisa Jones, British Heart Foundation  A hormone that helps regulate bone mass is also produced by the heart and could be used to treat people with a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, according to new research we’ve part-funded. Until now, the hormone calcitonin was only thought to be produced by the thyroid gland, with no known effects on the...