Growth hormone plays a major role in how the body handles sugar and fat, so not getting enough sleep could also increase the risk of gaining weight, developing diabetes, or having heart problems.

Human growth hormone (HGH) is a hormone that’s essential to our development. Most people produce enough HGH throughout their lifetime. But for those with a deficiency in growth hormone (or a few other ...

Growth hormone treatment is a safe and effective therapy that’s often used to treat children and adults with a deficiency in human growth hormone (also known as HGH or somatropin). Naturally-occurring ...

A comparison of morning and evening growth hormone injection schedules in children with growth disorders showed no significant differences in sleep-wake patterns, sleep duration, or daytime activity, ...

Lionel Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency when he was 11. The condition can affect both children and adults.

Endocrine surgery is a way of managing endocrine disorders through surgery. Disorders of the endocrine system involve a network of glands and organs that control and coordinate the body’s metabolism, ...

Growth hormone, produced by the pituitary gland, plays a critical role in cell regeneration, growth, and maintaining healthy body tissue, including the brain and vital organs. While synthetic human ...

Human growth hormone is important in many aspects of growth and development. For children living with growth hormone deficiency, it can involve more than just physical growth differences. Cognitive ...

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time.

Recent research findings put a spotlight on the link between human growth hormone (HGH) and Alzheimer’s disease. Could taking HGH increase your risk of Alzheimer’s? Ultimately, scientists say they ...