Why Do Athletes Use HGH?

Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) has been on the list of forbidden substances since availability of its recombinant form improved in the early 1990s. Although its effectiveness in enhancing physical performance is still unproved, the compound is ...

Growth hormone (GH) is a small protein that is made by the pituitary gland and secreted into the bloodstream. Some men use GH as an anti-aging treatment, even though it is illegal to market it for this purpose. Despite being banned by the Internation...
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The sports world's latest doping scandal began last month, when federal and state agents raided a seedy office building in Jupiter, Fla., and a pharmacy in Orlando. According to a pair of embedded reporters from Sports Illustrated, the investigators busted up a "massive illegal distribution network" for performance-enhancing drugs; the...

Experimentation with human growth hormones by America's teens more than doubled in the past year, as more young people looked to drugs to boost their athletic performance and improve their looks, according to a new, large-scale national survey.
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When our resident maven Jim Ferstle sent us the story about the how human growth hormone (hGH) can produce a 0.4 second improvement in 100 m sprinting, our