Why Do Athletes Use HGH?

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Tip 1 - Does Human Growth Hormone Really Help Athletes?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by janice kriegel | permalink

A new study reveals evidence that there is at least some benefit to athletes who use HGH.

For further reading: http://www.livescience.com/32601-does-human-growth-hormone-really-help-athletes.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Human growth hormone doping in sport

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by mikkelsej | permalink

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 ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657499/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Growth hormone, athletic performance, and aging - Harvard Health

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sunr 1ser | permalink

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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For further reading: http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/growth-hormone-athletic-performance-and-aging ^[3]

Tip 4 - What athletes, fans, and the sports media don't understand about human growth hormone.

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Crash 2205 | permalink

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...

For further reading: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2007/03/the_growth_hormone_myth.html ^[4]

Tip 5 - Study finds sharp increase in teen use of human growth hormone

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mourning Star | permalink

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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For further reading: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/23/study-finds-sharp-increase-in-teen-use-human-growth-hormone/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - Does human growth hormone improve performance? | The Science of Sport

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Larry D Attilio | permalink

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

For further reading: http://sportsscientists.com/2010/05/does-human-growth-hormone-improve-performance/ ^[6]