Great story in the NYT Sunday Biz section on the "anti-aging" industry and its mouthpiece, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. It seems that despite Pfizer recently paying a $35 million fine for the off-label marketing of human growth hormone for anti-aging purposes, and despite 20 (that's twenty) indictments brought against doctors and others who supply HGH for anti-aging purposes, the business is still going strong.
Just one thing I'd like to add, which I felt was not given enough prominence in the article: I don't doubt for a second that taking HGH must feel fantastic for anyone in middle or old age. I mean, all those teenage chemicals suddenly racing through your veins again has got to be pretty good. But the key thing that never gets talked about is whether HGH causes cancer in grown adults. There is some evidence that it does so in rats. And, of course, this is a chemical that makes cells grow.
There needs to be more research into HGH's affect on cancer and pre-cancerous cells. Until then, you'd be nuts to give, get or market these injections.
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