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Article: Myth Meets Science.(Health)(human growth hormone)
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- Newsweek
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- February 25, 2008
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Byline: Jeneen Interlandi
Everybody's talking about human growth hormone, and lots of people are using it. But what does it do?
Last week, when Roger Clemens told a congressional committee that it was his wife, not he, who had used human growth hormone, the embattled baseball star touched on a great big nonsecret about the alleged wonder drug: professional athletes seeking a competitive edge aren't the only ones who have turned to the controversial substance, which has been banned by all major-league sports in the United States as a performance-enhancing substance. High-school athletes, fading movie stars, aging prom queens and just plain, vain folks around the world ...
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