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3 stories tagged "growth-hormone"
Brain & Aging
The Growth Hormone Mice Release in Sleep Circles Back to Wake Them Up
In mice, growth hormone released during sleep makes the brain's alertness center more excitable and pushes the animal toward waking. The viral headline about building muscle and burning fat describes something the study never tested.
Drugs & FDAA Hundred Thousand Dollars, Two Inches, and a New Calculator for Sorting Short Children
About $100,000 buys a healthy short child two inches of height. A new calculator predicts who responds best, and it joins a field where some of the biggest datasets belong to the companies selling the hormone.
Brain & AgingLongevity Clinics Sell Growth Hormone by the Vial. In Deep Sleep, Your Brain Makes It Free.
The muscle-building, fat-burning hormone that anti-aging clinics inject at a premium is the same one your hypothalamus releases every night you reach deep sleep. Berkeley mapped how, in mice, and the headline is already running ahead of the biology.