HGH at center of efforts to stay young
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Dr. Andre Berger sees himself as a pioneer. Where others in the medical community believe injections of human growth hormone should be given to adults in only rare cases, Berger believes it is a crucial part of keeping people young and vital.
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Patriots safety Rodney Harrison first purchased human growth hormone in his initial season with the team, according to two sources involved in the Albany (N.Y.) district attorney's investigation.
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Sylvester Stallone says he used human growth hormone, though not steroids, to get in shape for âRambo,â which opened on Friday, and defends its use in an article on Time magazineâs Web site . Mr. Stallone, 61, says he gained 41 pounds to play Rambo by using prescription testosterone. âEveryone over 40 years old would be wise to investigate it because it increases the quality of your life,â he says. âMark my words. In 10 years it will be over the counter.â HGH and other performance-enhancing substances have become a matter of concern to sports officials, who are fighting their use among athletes.
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Although it's rare, children can develop heart enlargement and heart failure, which ultimately makes a heart transplant necessary. Now, researchers report that treatment with synthetic human growth hormone appears to benefit such children.
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GENEVA  - Keeping old people in good shape is one of the biggest challenges facing the health sector with the number of people aged 60 and above expected to top one billion by 2025, the World Health Organisation warned.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Sports Network) - According to a report, New  York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi claimed in his grand  jury testimony that he took a human growth hormone in 2003 and  also used steroids for at least three seasons.
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Right before last night's Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park, Indians righthander Paul Byrd, the starter and winner in Game 4, confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that he bought nearly $25,000 of human growth hormone from 2002-05 from a Florida anti-aging clinic.
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Study bolsters theory about interference with production of key hormone.
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Four common ones tied to healthier weights over 10-year period    HealthDayNews -- Four common supplements -- chromium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12 and multivitamins -- may help slow weight gain in middle-age adults, claims a study by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.    Researchers reviewed questionnaire responses from about 15,000 people, average age 55, in Washington state...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Sports Network) - According to a report,  New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi claimed in his  grand jury testimony that he took a human growth hormone in  2003 and also used steroids for at least three seasons.
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Physically active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes, according to new research that offers a fundamental new clue into how exercise may help stave off aging.
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World Series MVP Mike Lowell is willing to give blood if that's what it takes to be tested for human growth hormone. But only if the test is 100 percent accurate. Not 99 percent.
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Baseball investigator George Mitchell , also a director for the Red Sox, yesterday denied providing information for a story that Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd used human growth hormone. Before Game 7 Sunday, Byrd acknowledged using HGH after the San Francisco Chronicle reported he spent nearly $25,000 on the drug and syringes from 2002-05 - before HGH was banned by ...
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Leptin, the hormone best known to control appetite, also appears to play a major role in fertility and bone development in women. A small, new study
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NEW YORK  - The more time young men spend engaging in high-impact physical exercise, the greater their bone mineral density, a new study of medical students shows.
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Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.
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NEW YORK  - Modifying the consumption of  different food-groups may keep body weight from creeping up  over time, new research suggests.