Anti-Aging Treatment; Growth Hormone Myth

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<h1>Anti-Aging Treatment; Growth Hormone Myth</h1> <p align=right>by Hector Milla</p> <div align=justify>Last researches concluded that one of the fundamental problems in the whole debate over the use of growth hormone to combat the effect of aging is misinterpretation of data. In 1990, a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine - About growth hormone - presented results of a small study, in which twelve men over the age of 60 were injected three times a week with growth hormone for six months. They got significant increases in lean body mass and bone minerals, unlike a group of nine men who had received no treatment. The increase in muscle and decrease in fat were equivalent in magnitude to the changes incurred during 10 to 20 years of aging. However, authors of that study made no claims pointing treatment had reversed the aging process and stated that many question remained unanswered. Because of this, a wave of misinterpretation persists to this day despite repeated efforts by the journal to play down sensational claims for “growth hormone releasing agents” widely sold on internet. A warning against the general use of growth hormone was accompanied in the original study. Paper published in 1990 received as many online hits as other 2.000 articles got in a year. People who sell growth hormone as anti-aging treatment have cited this document as supporting evidence all this time. This year, a new research will be published in the Jan 16 “Issue of Annals of Internal Medicine”. This one states that using growth hormones as anti-aging treatment can have serious negative side effects. This paper focused solely on studies using growth hormone to treat the elderly, specifically those whose main illnesses were nothing worse than age and being mildly to moderate overweight. They also included only studies that evaluated the use of the hormone in randomized and controlled clinical trials. Summing up, the studies provided no real evidence that support growth hormone anti-aging therapy resulting in increased fitness. </div> <p align=center>Article source: <a href="http://www.ArticlePros.com/Health-and-Fitness/Aging/article-56011.html">ArticlePros.com</a></p> <table align=center width=550 cellspacing=1 bgcolor=silver cellpadding=5> <tr bgcolor=antiquewhite> <td> <p align=center><b>About the author</b></p> <p align=justify>Hector Milla wants to be younger forever, at <a href="http://anti-aging.merquen.com">http://Anti-Aging.merquen.com</a> you can find <a href="http://anti-aging.merquen.com">anti aging skin care treatments</a> that have proven to be really effective, make an informed decision. </p> <p align=center><input type=button class=asubm value="Other articles by Hector Milla" onclick="document.location='http://www.ArticlePros.com/author.php?Hector Milla'" style="height:20px;cursor:hand"></p> </td> </tr> </table>