The minimally-invasive procedure targets ghrelin, the so-called hunger hormone.
Within six months of the procedure, Nelson said she had lost over 20 pounds and changed how she thinks about food.." "There's still moments where I want a chocolate chip cookie, but there's a lot more moments when I find myself wanting something like greens.
"We do have patients who are a year or more beyond their initial procedure, and what we are seeing is that they continue to have a diminishment, decrease in hunger continue to report greater control over eating," McGowan told "GMA," adding that trial participants, on average, reduced their overall weight by 7%.McGowan said one benefit of endoscopic ablation is that it is a minimally invasive procedure.
The clinical trial led by McGowan included just 10 female patients and was the first time endoscopic ablation targeting ghrelin had been tested in humans.
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