http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A multi-center clinical trial led by a Riley Hospital for Children endocrinologist has found that inhaled growth hormone (GH) is well tolerated by children with GH deficiency and that this easy-to-use method can, over a one-week period, safely deliver GH to the blood stream. In addition to having implications for those who need GH, this first pediatric study of administering it through the lungs may also help researchers interested in using this convenient method for effectively delivering other types of medications to children. http://www.physorg.com/news165235608.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:49:32 EST news165235608 The connection between the body, mind and spirit has been the subject of conventional scientific inquiry for some 20 years. The notion that psychosocial and societal considerations have a role in maintaining health and preventing disease became crystallized as a result of the experiences of a layman, Norman Cousins. http://www.physorg.com/news159169888.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:52:08 EST news159169888 (PhysOrg.com) -- An investigational drug that stimulates the body to produce more growth hormone improves lean muscle mass and physical function in older adults, potentially helping to combat frailty, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, the University of Washington School of Medicine, and 10 other study centers. http://www.physorg.com/news152295853.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:24:45 EST news152295853 Men who survived childhood leukemia treatment into adulthood were more likely to have low bone mineral density than other adults their age, putting them at risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news147531034.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:50:34 EST news147531034 A new study shows that a drug that increases the release of growth hormone failed to slow the rate of progression of Alzheimer's disease in humans. The new research is published in the November 18, 2008, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news146160383.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:06:23 EST news146160383 Growth hormone treatment may significantly increase final height in children diagnosed with short stature, even in cases where the child is not growth hormone deficient, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://www.physorg.com/news145181549.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:12:29 EST news145181549 Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System report that a daily single oral dose of an investigational drug, MK-677, increased muscle mass in the arms and legs of healthy older adults without serious side effects, suggesting that it may prove safe and effective in reducing age-related frailty. http://www.physorg.com/news145020886.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:34:46 EST news145020886 A mutation that causes a childhood tumor syndrome also impairs growth hormone secretion, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. http://www.physorg.com/news137692442.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:54:02 EST news137692442 Low-dose growth hormone treatment reduced abdominal fat deposits and improved blood pressure and triglyceride levels in a group of patients with HIV lipodystrophy, a condition involving the redistribution of fat and other metabolic changes in patients receiving combination drug therapy for HIV infection. However, growth hormone treatment appeared to increase blood glucose levels, particularly in those already exhibiting glucose intolerance. The study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) appears in the Aug.. 6 Journal of the American Medical Association, a special issue on HIV/AIDS. http://www.physorg.com/news136989450.html Medicine & Health Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:37:30 EST news136989450 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that starvation blocks the effects of growth hormone via a mechanism that may have implications in treating diabetes and extending life span. http://www.physorg.com/news133845718.html Medicine & Health Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:21:58 EST news133845718 Chronically high levels of a recently discovered starvation hormone markedly stunt the growth of mice, reveals a new study in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. The liver-produced hormone known as FGF21 does so by causing the mice to become resistant to growth hormone. http://www.physorg.com/news133701833.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:23:53 EST news133701833