Transcript: HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE AND B 12:THOMAS T. PERLS

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Congressional Testimony
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February 12, 2008
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Congressional Testimony
02-12-2008
Statement of Thomas T. Perls Associate Professor, Medicine Boston University
School of Medicine Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform February
12, 2008 What is growth hormone? Human growth hormone or hGH is produced
by a pea-sized endocrine gland near the base of the brain called the pituitary
gland. Its primary utility relates to growth in the height of children.
Deficiency in adults HGH levels gradually decline in adults with minimal
or no negative health consequences for the vast majority of the population.
The anti-aging industry, the primary pusher and seller of hGH in this country,
advertizes that normal declines in hGH cause decreases in ...

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