PEOPLE taking growth hormone supplements may actually be shortening their
lives, scientists warn after a study on genetically engineered mice.
Levels of growth hormone drop as we get older, and some physicians have shown
that supplements can reverse muscle wasting in old age. And some children,
deemed a bit on the short side by parents or doctors, receive injections of
growth hormone even if they don’t have a growth hormone deficiency. In the past
the only drawback was seen to be the expense of achieving an extra 5 centimetres
in height on average, but alarm bells started to ring when…
