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Article: HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE SHOWS NEW POTENTIAL.(Life and Arts)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 29, 2007
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Byline: BOB CONDORCOLUMNIST
HERE'S A QUICK word-association test for you: human growth hormone.
The first thing that comes to mind? Oh, maybe some stories you might have read or seen about how Hollywood types are injecting the stuff to stay younger. Or maybe Super Bowl week gets you thinking about steroids, and that human growth hormone (HGH) could be the current illegal substance of choice because it occurs naturally in the body. You can't accurately detect abnormal use on a blood test.
Probably your last answer would associate HGH with a good night's sleep. But that's exactly what came up for Michael Vitiello, senior scientist at the ...