http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Acromegaly-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:54:44 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/Growth-Hormone-Replacement-Therapy-for-Obesity-Related-Bone-Loss-94153-1.htm 6-months of growth hormone replacement therapy increased bone formation, bone marrow fat and muscle mass, vitamin D level, thigh muscle mass while led to decrease in the abdominal fat in women with abdominal obesity, according to a study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Due to obesity the growth hormone level in the body is reduced. This lower level of growth hormones makes obese women more prone to osteoporosis.When scientists subjected about 79 women to growth hormone replacement therapy ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Growth-Hormone-Replacement-Therapy-for-Obesity-Related-Bone-Loss-94153-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Illicit-Use-of-Human-Growth-Hormone-79752-1.htm A new study has pointed on the illicit use of HGH (Human Growth Hormone). Use of the human growth hormone is common among young American male weightlifters. Additionally, illicit HGH use in this population is often associated with polysubstance abuse involving both performance-enhancing and classical drugs. HGH, once an expensive performance-enhancing drug used exclusively by elite athletes, has become cheaply available for illicit users on the street. Researchers led by Brian P. Brennan, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Illicit-Use-of-Human-Growth-Hormone-79752-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Finds-How-Growth-Hormone-can-Promote-Muscle-Growth-74864-1.htm It is well known that growth hormone is not only used for growth disorders in children, but is also being used by some sports men and women to promote muscle growth and regeneration. This is because it coordinates skeletal muscle development, nutrient uptake, and nutrient utilization. However, it is not clear which of these effects are direct and which are indirectly mediated via growth hormone induction of the protein IGF-1. Now, however, a team of researchers, led ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Finds-How-Growth-Hormone-can-Promote-Muscle-Growth-74864-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Infants-With-Chronic-Kidney-Failure-may-be-Helped-by-Growth-Hormone-69745-1.htm A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the IClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology/I (CJASN) says that growth hormone is a safe and effective treatment to promote growth in infants with chronic kidney failure. "Early treatment with growth hormone improves growth retardation and bone mineral density without short-term undesirable effects," comments Fernando Santos, MD, PhD (Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain). The Spanish-Portuguese multicenter ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Infants-With-Chronic-Kidney-Failure-may-be-Helped-by-Growth-Hormone-69745-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/High-Levels-of-Growth-Hormone-Increases-Breast-Cancer-Risk-69041-1.htm A hormone that boosts growth in kids may lead to breast cancer, and women with high levels are at higher risk, according to a new study by UK scientists. It is a known fact that cancer is cause by uncontrolled division of cells in the body. The hormone, IGF-1, stimulates cell division, especially during childhood. It is also being investigated as an anti-ageing treatment. Information from nearly 5000 women across 12 countries was analysed by Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Oxford....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/High-Levels-of-Growth-Hormone-Increases-Breast-Cancer-Risk-69041-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Human-Growth-Hormone-Helps-Sprinters-Sprint-Faster-68548-1.htm Researchers have shown a positive effect of growth hormone on athletic performance in a new study. It showed a .4 second improvement in a 10-second sprint, enough to turn a last-place Olympic athlete in a sprint event - running or swimming - into a Gold medal winner. The study justifies growth hormone being a banned substance, even though evidence of its performance enhancing effect has been very poor until now. Growth hormone, produced naturally in the body, is important for growth and metabolism....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Human-Growth-Hormone-Helps-Sprinters-Sprint-Faster-68548-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Secret-to-Youth-Doesnt-Lie-in-Human-Growth-Hormone-64318-1.htm The secret to lasting youth does not lie in the Human growth hormone (HGH) as many believe, as per a new study. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that people, who are deficient in human growth hormone (HGH) due to a genetic mutation, live just as long as people who make normal amounts of the hormone. "Without HGH, these people still live long, healthy lives, and our results don't seem to support the notion that lack of HGH slows or accelerates the aging process," said Dr....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Secret-to-Youth-Doesnt-Lie-in-Human-Growth-Hormone-64318-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Human-Cells-Converted-to-Liver-Cancer-by-Parasite-Growth-Hormone-59251-1.htm The human liver fluke (IOpisthorchis viverrini/I) contributes to the development of bile duct (liver) cancer by secreting granulin, a growth hormone that is known to cause uncontrolled growth of cells, scientists have revealed. Details are published October 9 in the open-access journal IPLoS Pathogens/I. Drs Michael Smout and Alex Loukas from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, with collaborators at Khon Kaen University and George Washington University, say they are excited ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Human-Cells-Converted-to-Liver-Cancer-by-Parasite-Growth-Hormone-59251-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Inhaled-Growth-Hormone-Safe-for-Children-53785-1.htm Inhaled growth hormone (GH) is well tolerated by children with GH deficiency and that this easy-to-use method can safely deliver GH to the blood stream, according to a study led by a Riley Hospital for Children endocrinologist. In addition to having implications for those who need GH, this first pediatric study of administering it through the lungs may also help researchers interested in using this convenient method for effectively delivering other types of medications to children. Results ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Inhaled-Growth-Hormone-Safe-for-Children-53785-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Middle-Aged-Men-Resort-to-Human-Growth-Hormone-Injections-to-Fight-Ageing-51176-1.htm Many middle aged men are pumping their system with the human growth hormone to keep 'ageing' at bay. Government guidelines state it should only be prescribed to kids with growth disorders and adults with severe hormone deficiencies. However, an investigation has revealed that many anti-ageing clinics in Australia are flouting regulations by prescribing to people as young as 35 who want to look good, stay fit and boost their sex lives. Most are men who use human growth hormone (HGH) to ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Middle-Aged-Men-Resort-to-Human-Growth-Hormone-Injections-to-Fight-Ageing-51176-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Growth-Hormone-Drug-Fails-to-Slow-Progression-of-Alzheimers-44184-1.htm A drug which increases the release of growth hormones has failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in humans, despite having offered promising results in studies on mice, a study published Tuesday has found. Previous studies on mice had shown that a hormone called insulin-like growth factor-1 helped reduce the accumulation of plaque on the brain. This plaque, called beta-amyloid, is thought to be an important cause of the memory and behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's. Researchers ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Growth-Hormone-Drug-Fails-to-Slow-Progression-of-Alzheimers-44184-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/US-Researchers-Claim-They-are-Close-to-a-Conclusive-Urine-Test-for-Human-Growth-Hormone-43956-1.htm Two US researchers claim they are close to a conclusive urine test for human growth hormone. Don Catlin, a Los Angeles-based worldwide doping expert who oversaw blood testing for HGH at the Beijing Olympics, and Dr. Lance Liotta, a former pathology lab chief at the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research, have launched a study to build upon Liotta's ability to identify isolated markers of HGH in urine. "This is a groundbreaking step that'll change the game a bit," Catlin said Monday ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/US-Researchers-Claim-They-are-Close-to-a-Conclusive-Urine-Test-for-Human-Growth-Hormone-43956-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Medicine-Helps-Short-Children-Rise-in-Stature-With-Growth-Hormone-Therapy-43819-1.htm A person's height, or the lack of it, can boost/dampen confidence levels. Scientists now recommend the Growth Hormone Therapy which can significantly increase the height of short children and help them 'rise in stature'. The study involving 150 short children, followed over a period of 20 years showed that growth hormone was effective in increasing the final height of in GH deficient children with short stature, as well as non GH deficient kids. However, further studies are still required. ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Medicine-Helps-Short-Children-Rise-in-Stature-With-Growth-Hormone-Therapy-43819-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Glucose-Level-in-HIV-Patients-Worsened-by-Growth-Hormone-40231-1.htm A new study has revealed that treatment with low-dose growth hormone improves abdominal fat and blood pressure measurements for HIV patients, but worsens glucose levels. Dr. Steven Grinspoon and his colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston say that they have studied the impact of growth hormone treatment on HIV patients with treatment-related abdominal obesity and growth hormone deficiency. They have revealed that the objective of the study was to determine whether low-dose ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Glucose-Level-in-HIV-Patients-Worsened-by-Growth-Hormone-40231-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Identify-Potential-Protein-Biomarkers-for-Growth-Hormone-38205-1.htm Several proteins in mice that might act as biomarkers for growth hormone have been uncovered by researchers at Ohio University. Led by John Kopchick and Juan Ding, the research may prove to be the first step towards finding reliable way to detect recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), which some athletes and teenagers use illegally to boost muscle and reduce fat. The researches found four proteins that significantly decreased or increased in the blood after exposure to bovine growth hormone, which is similar to human growth hormone....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Identify-Potential-Protein-Biomarkers-for-Growth-Hormone-38205-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Growth-Hormone-Deficiency-Test-Leads-to-Death-of-3-year-old-in-US-28602-1.htm Three-year-old Sebastian Ferrero of Gainesville, Florida is now dead consequent on a series of mistakes committed at the US University of Florida's Pediatric Clinic at the Shands Medical Plaza. The clinic authorities have owned up their mistakes and reached an out-of-court settlement with the parents of the boy. Biosynthetic hormone is given to some children who are short in stature, to stimulate cells in the growing ends of arms, legs, fingers and toes. Sebastian, short for his age, was taken ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Growth-Hormone-Deficiency-Test-Leads-to-Death-of-3-year-old-in-US-28602-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Long-lasting-Growth-Hormone-may-Cut-the-Injection-Requirement-in-Hormonal-Disorder-Patients-25993-1.htm A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Sheffield University has developed a long-lasting growth hormone for use in human therapy, which may help reduce the need for daily treatments for children and adults with growth hormone disorders. Most hormones and cytokines have a short life, and therefore require frequent injections as therapy. The researchers say that the new technology will enable the generation of effective, long-acting hormones that promote growth over a minimum of ten days, after just one injection....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Long-lasting-Growth-Hormone-may-Cut-the-Injection-Requirement-in-Hormonal-Disorder-Patients-25993-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Autism-Could-Be-Related-to-Higher-Level-of-Growth-Hormones-22504-1.htm Autistic children are invariably heavier than others. Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital say that extraordinary growth of hormones could be contributing to such a phenomenon. Other studies have already shown that children with autism have very rapid head growth in early life. However, this study is confined to boys. Researchers were not able to rope in enough volunteers from girls for the project....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Autism-Could-Be-Related-to-Higher-Level-of-Growth-Hormones-22504-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=20922 Yet another star falls for banned substances. The 60-year-old macho Sylvester Stallone admitted to possessing the growth hormone Jintropin when he was stopped at Sydney airport in February last. Stallone was then in Australia to promote his film Rocky Balboa, but he was not in the Sydney court when the confession came to light a couple of days ago. He will be sentenced next week, when he faces a maximum fine of A (Dollor) 22,000 ( (Dollor) 18,330, 9,200) in court, much lower than if it had been a federal case....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=20922 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=18703 A 36-year-old professional body-builder who used growth hormone to boost his performance landed up with inflamed liver and enlarged kidneys according to a report. He was also dehydrated and had very high blood sugar (diabetic). The body builder was admitted with chest pain for emergency treatment. He had lost 40 kg in 12 months, during which he had also experienced excessive urination, thirst, and appetite. He confessed to using anabolic steroids for 15 years and artificial growth hormone for the past three....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=18703 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17543 No - there is no proof for growth hormone therapy's anti-aging powers - says a team of US scientists from Stanford University, after analyzing 31 scientific papers based on growth hormone. 'There is certainly no data out there to suggest that giving growth hormone to an otherwise healthy person will make him or her live longer, we did find, however, that there was substantial potential for adverse side effects.' - says Dr. Hau Liu, a research fellow in the Division of Endocrinology and in the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17543 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16399 Women who undertake a long-term weight training program produce more biologically active growth hormone, a finding that allows physiologists to understand why weight training improves muscle tone and optimizes metabolic function. A study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism looked at different forms of growth hormone, used different testing methods, and varied weight training regimens. The research found that the role of growth hormone ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16399 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16379 It is always the case that women would have to work doubly (or more than that) harder than their male counterpart, be it in career or otherwise. This was recently reiterated by a research finding which was published in "American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism". According to this study, the reason for this is attrributed to the use of growth hormone by women whereas men use testosterone for the same purpose. The amount of growth hormone secreted is proportional to the intensity of the exercise regimen or their work out....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16379 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11748 A new study with 400 adult volunteers revealed compounds, which stimulate growth hormone production help older adults to manage aging process. The results of a study published at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology in Pittsburgh revealed that stimulants of growth hormone work in adults to improve their physical function and lower their body fat percentage. The results will be presented by Dr. George Merriam, professor of medicine at the University of Washington and a physician with the VA Puget Sound Health Care System....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11748 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11588 Researchers report that a new drug developed, which is still under investigation was proved to stimulate growth hormone, helping the elderly age in a healthy manner and also showed health longevity in a 100 year old women. A steady growth in the aging research field was being portraited from the analysis reports delivered in the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology. Robert Gibbs of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy explained in a meeting why some people age quite successfully and comfortably and others can't....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=11588 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10232 Life-span facts have always been shrouded in ambiguity, though studies have hinted at the connection between reduction in calories and longevity. Now, a novel report has suggested that growth hormone, as well as insulin has a bearing on the influences of calorie restriction and does contribute to extending life. Dr. Andrezej Bartke from Southern Illinois University in Springfield and his team studied the effects of insulin and growth hormone and its impact on calorie restriction that leads to longevity....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=10232 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6252 Human Growth Hormone is chanted as the new anti-ageing mantra. The current research findings pertaining to Human Growth Hormone (HGH) therapy has found some positive results. According to Dr. Anthony Karpos, MD We really have something here which may be able to reverse some of the problems associated with ageing. Researchers from Denmark state, Replacement therapy with Growth Hormone has shown a beneficial/normalizing effect on parameters such as cardiac and renal function, thyroid hormone ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6252 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3696 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3696 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2499 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2499 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2136 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2136