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What is leptin?
Leptin is a protein hormone that plays a role in regulating appetite, metabolism and reproduction. Analogous to insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes, leptin resistance may be a factor in the development and maintenance of obesity in some cases. Read more about leptin on Dot Point Medicine...
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History of medicine Horace Wells (1815-1848)
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Wells was an American dentist and the first practitioner to publicly advocate the use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic. After chronic use of chloroform -- and the associated cognitive impairment -- he threw acid onto the clothing two women and later ended his own life while in police custody.
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