Human growth hormone (hGH) is a hormone you produce naturally, but can also get as a supplement if you are deemed deficient by a medical professional.

A major limitation in determining the effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy on overall health has been the duration of studies, which have previously ranged from 1 year to 5 years. Elbornsson et al.

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that growth hormone (GH), which stimulates skeletal maturation and linear bone growth, as well as helping maintain tissue and ...

There are 9 recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) products currently available for 10 US Food and Drug Administration—approved indications; each rhGH product is approved for 1 or more indications.

Athletes recognized the performance-enhancing potential of human growth hormone when it became available for treatment of short stature in growth-retarded children. Although no controlled clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved long-acting once-weekly somatrogon for children with growth hormone deficiency. Somatrogon was ...

Erica Nicholson knew that her son, Sam, was small. Considering that she was barely 5 feet and 100 pounds and that his older sister was a “peanut,” it didn’t seem unusual. “I make small babies,” ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that growth hormone (GH), which stimulates skeletal maturation and linear bone growth, as well as helping maintain tissue and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with overweight or obesity and NAFLD taking growth hormone had a significantly lower intrahepatic lipid ...

A series of experiments in mice demonstrates that a well-known hormone might have a previously unidentified role in the metabolic response to energy restriction during weight loss. Share on Pinterest ...

There are now many recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) products and delivery devices available for rhGH therapy. Not all products are approved to treat both children and adults, and they vary with ...