Thank you Dr. Laufer, I have now been able to return to work with all of the therapies and treatments, especially the growth hormone injections, after no one else was able to help. Also, thank you for being very patient and listening to all my problems. I am very grateful.

Cheri B

Human Growth Hormone (hGH)

A better term for growth hormone (GH or hGH) would be healing hormone or anti-aging hormone. Growth hormone is naturally produced by our pituitary gland and is essential for bone and organ growth in our youth. Although hGH is no longer needed for growth after reaching adulthood, hGH is essential for many other vital functions [...]

Growth Hormone Treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

It has been shown that chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia patients have abnormal sleep patterns with a deficiency in stage 4 sleep (1). Stage 4 sleep is closely related to the pulsatile secretion of growth hormone and 80% of the total daily secretion of growth hormone is during this stage. It has also been shown that chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia patients are unable to mount a normal growth hormone response to exercise as compared to healthy individuals [...]

Growth Hormone and Weight Loss

Effects of growth hormone (hGH) on body composition (weight loss) In a 1990 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the administration of human growth hormone for six months was accompanied by an 8.8 % increase in lean body mass, a 14.4 % decrease in adipose-tissue mass, and a 23.2% improvement in overall body [...]

Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency

LARGE AMOUNTS OF PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH, including long-term data, has demonstrated that growth hormone replacement has been shown to improve energy,1,2 strength,1 cardiac function,3,4,5 blood pressure,6 cholesterol levels,3,6,7,8 insulin sensitivity6,7,9 cognitive function,10,11 immunity12,13 and psychological well-being;1,2 decrease body fat;1,3,6,7,9,13,15 increase lean muscle;1,6,14,15 prevent and reverse heart disease;1,3,16,17 prevent and improve osteoporosis;3,7,18 and increase quality of [...]

Scientific Review of Growth Hormone

Kent Holtorf, M.D. Section 1: Growth hormone (hGH) results in decreased body fat, increased lean muscle, decreased heart disease and an increase in quality of life. 1. “The overall deterioration of the body that comes with growing old is not inevitable…We now realize that some aspects of it can be prevented or reversed.” Effects of 10-20 years [...]

USA Today article on Growth Hormone

USA Today November 15, 2000 Issue “Boomers Believe They’ve Found a Fountain of Youth In a Syringe” Edited Abstract of Article High-profile Hollywood celebrities boast that using hormone modulation, including human growth hormone (hGH), has them looking better and feeling better. Praising hormone modulation as a way to stay healthy as long as one can, enthusiasm [...]

Scientific Review of Growth Hormone

Section 1: Growth hormone (hGH) results in decreased body fat, increased lean muscle, decreased heart disease and an increase in quality of life. 1) “The overall deterioration of the body that comes with growing old is not inevitable…We now realize that some aspects of it can be prevented or reversed.” Effects of 10-20 years of aging on lean body mass and adipose tissue reversed in 6 months with testosterone and hGH. [...]

Growth Hormone After Bariatric Surgery

Growth hormone treatment for six months after weight loss surgery reduces patients’ losses in lean body mass and skeletal muscle mass, according to a new study. Weight loss surgery techniques, such as gastric banding, have been shown to be effective in reducing body weight and obesity-related diseases, such as diabetes. Although the results of these procedures are widely beneficial, there are some complications. Following surgery, patients are at risk of losing needed lean body mass and skeletal muscle mass due to the serious complications associated with rapid and sustained weight loss. This new study investigated whether growth hormone treatment could prevent or reduce these losses.[...]

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