For parents whose children are undergoing growth hormone therapy, the focus might be on height and physical development, but ...

A child’s height reflects more than genes, hormones, nutrition, and physical activity all play key roles. Supporting these ...

A child's healthy growth is a complex interplay of genetics, hormones and nutrition. Experts emphasize that factors like ...

During sleep, the brain produces growth hormone to help build muscle and bone and reduce fat. UC Berkeley research in mice reveals the brain circuits that regulate growth hormone release, along with a ...

Bone health is critically influenced by the balance of growth hormone signalling, with both growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and acromegaly demonstrating significant but contrasting impacts on the ...

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 ...

Mammal mothers give up a lot to care for their young. To nourish their newborns with milk, their bodies pull calcium from their very own bones. Scientists have long wondered why mothers' skeletons don ...

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 ...

Exposure to two classes of endocrine-disrupting compounds — “forever chemicals” and phthalates — may be associated with poor bone health in male teens, a new study has found. Some of these disrupters, ...